FDA to Allow Food Facilities Grace Period for DUNS Numbers on Registrations
FDA will allow food facilities to temporarily register or renew their registrations without a DUNS number ahead of the agency’s Dec. 31 deadline for food facility registration, it said in a recently issued guidance document (see 2012040012). Beginning with the…
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2020 registration period that began Oct. 1, food facilities are required to provide a unique facility identifier, which may be a DUNS number. But to “address stakeholder concerns with obtaining a DUNS number in a timely manner,” FDA will allow registrants to enter “pending” in the UFI field of their registration. The registrant will then have 90 days to update their registration with a DUNS number, FDA said. Failure to update within 90 days will result in cancellation of the registration for failure to renew, the agency said.