The FDA is further extending the time period for all domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, processes, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption to obtain and submit a unique facility identifier until December 31, 2022.
The requirement to include a UFI began during this past biennial registration renewal period and was introduced in accordance with the 2016 rule implementing the food facility registration provisions in the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act. The requirement applies to both new facilities registering for the first time, and those submitting a registration renewal.
The UFI will be used by FDA to verify that the facility-specific address associated with the UFI is the same address associated with the facility’s registration. At this time, the FDA recognizes the DUNS number (is assigned and managed by Dun & Bradstreet) as an acceptable UFI for food facility registration.
The UFI field has been added to Section 2-Facility Name/Address Information of Form FDA 3537, Food Facility Registration.
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