FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Add'l Food Categories for Facility Registration Form
The Food and Drug Administration announced the availability of a draft guidance entitled “Necessity of the Use of Food Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Categories,” as provided by Section 102 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FSMA amended Section 415 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which requires both domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold food for human or animal consumption in the U.S. to register with the FDA.
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The draft guidance proposes additional food categories to be included in the food facility registration form as mandatory fields, including food categories that are currently included on the food facility registration form as optional fields. To be considered before FDA begins work on the final version of this guidance, comments should be submitted by Sept. 14.
FDA's draft guidance on food categories in food facility registrations is available here.