Food Facilities that are registered with FDA must renew registration NOW through to December 31, 2020.

Food Facilities that are registered with FDA must renew registration NOW through to December 31, 2020.

Shipments from Fiji may be refused entry to the US if the associated food facility registration is not renewed properly. Since 2018, FDA has cancelled 20% of Food registrations due to failure to renew!

New this year, facilities will need to submit Unique Facility Identifiers (UFIs) as a part of renewal. If a facility does not already have a UFI, it is prudent to request one immediately.
D-U-N-S numbers are currently the only UFIs recognized by FDA.

It is possible that this new requirement may cause a backlog of UFI requests thus slowing the renewal process. A delay in receiving a UFI puts your facility at risk of not being able to renew in time and falling short of compliance.