Nearly 50,000 Food Facilities Removed From FDA Database Likely Due to Failures to Renew
The Food and Drug Administration took out more than 20 percent of the food facility registrations that were in the agency's database in February, according to a March 4 blog post from Registrar Corp. Registrar said the decrease of some…
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47,635 "was likely caused by facilities failing to properly renew their registrations before the December 2018 renewal deadline." The FDA removes the registrations soon after the renewal period ends and "as of February 7, 2019, 186,016 food facilities remained in FDA’s database compared to the 233,651 registered in December 2018," the company said. Registrar also posted a registration breakdown by country. The Food Safety Modernization Act requires that food facilities renew FDA registrations during each even-numbered year. "Facilities with expired registrations must re-register with FDA and obtain a new registration number, prior to continuing manufacturing, processing, packing, or storing food for U.S. consumption," Registrar said.