We specialize in food regulatory compliance.

Protect public health and strengthen your supply chain with Registrar Corp’s regulatory services, software solutions, and online training for the food and beverage industry.

Services

Our team leverages decades of combined industry experience assisting domestic and international food and beverage companies to navigate regulatory compliance. Our compliance and food safety services range from FDA and GACC facility registration to Prior Notice support.

FDA Food Facility
Registration

Our FDA U.S. Agent services include facility registration, renewal assistance and DUNS number assistance, 24/7 U.S. Agent representation for FDA communications, and mock FDA inspections for a reduced fee. You also get access to MyFDA, our proprietary online portal for FDA registration and compliance data management.

TTB Registration

Meet alcohol importers’ tax benefit assignment requests throughout the year. Registrar Corp can assist you through Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) registration and show you how to operate their new online system so you can comply with updated TTB requirements for 2023.

GACC Registration

Planning to export food products to China? Registrar Corp can help you get there by supporting you through the GACC registration process. We offer product category application submission support, FDA registration assistance, if applicable, and export listing updates.

Food Safety
Services

Work with fully qualified food safety specialists to comply with FDA food safety regulations. Registrar Corp’s team of professionals will work with you to develop HARPC and HACCP plans, Food Defense plans, FSVP plans, and more. Other compliance services include FSVP Agent and FSVP Implementation services and mock FDA inspections for food facilities as well as U.S. importers.

Food Canning
Establishment
(FCE)

Complying with FDA regulations for Low Acid and Acidified Canned Foods requires additional registrations, documentation, and process filings. Partner with Registrar Corp to learn whether your products meet the definition of acidified or low-acid foods, or if they are excluded from these requirements. Our team of experts will guide you through the process of complying with FCE registration and Submission Identifier (SID) filings to meet LACF regulations.

Label And
Ingredient Reviews

Improper labeling on your food products can be costly, especially if your goods are detained in port. Registrar Corp’s review services incorporate FDA’s complicated and extensive labeling regulations and requirements. We offer in-depth reviews, detailed reports, one-on-one expert assistance, and more.

Prior Notice

Submit advance notice for every shipment to FDA quickly and easily. We streamline Prior Notice filings for you, so you can focus on your business. File multiple Prior Notices accurately, on time, and with the correct documentation by using our Prior Notice Express service.

Import Alerts

A Detention without Physical Examination (DWPE) due to an Import Alert can cause costly delays. Our professional team will help you create and document a corrective plan of action and submit a petition for removal, so your product can cross the border without incident.

Detention
Assistance

Prevent refusals at ports of entry from disrupting your supply chain and affecting your company’s reputation. We’ll assist you in identifying potential resolution of the FDA’s charges either by submitting Testimony of Admissibility or a Form 766 reconditioning request.

Software

Solutions for your compliance. Registrar Corp’s software offerings are designed by top compliance industry professionals so you can maintain compliance, manage your supply chain, and bring better, safer products to market. Each offering comes with a variety of self-service features, from supplier tracking to recipe analysis.

ComplyHub™

Last year, 51% of FDA’s FSVP inspections showed U.S. importers were not in compliance. ComplyHub’s powerful software enables U.S.-based food and beverage importers subject to the FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) become and stay compliant 24/7.

A la Calc

Our self-service solution for nutrition label compliance. A la Calc provides a secure platform to calculate nutrition content, declare allergens, and create compliant U.S. and international nutrition facts labels for your products. For professional, full-service labeling compliance support, see our Label and Ingredients Review service.

Online Training

We prepare the food safety leaders of tomorrow. Registrar Corp’s online training platforms offer hundreds of courses for professional development and industry-approved certifications in food compliance and safety. All our offerings are 100% online, self-paced, and accessible 24/7 so you and your teams can study anytime, anywhere.

Food Safety Professional Courses

Gain new individual industry certifications. Our internationally-recognized food safety courses include SQF Practitioner, HACCP Certification, and FSSC 22000 training and include downloadable materials and certificates of completion.

RegiLearn eLearning Subscription Library

Set teams up for success with our 100% online learning platform with on-demand, cost-effective food safety training. RegiLearn offers complete access to over 70 food safety compliance courses for frontline workers and managers.

Your partner in
food compliance.

With over 20 years in the business, we’ve got the tools and expertise to help you navigate compliance and bring your food and beverage products to a new market.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you are the owner, operator, or agent in charge of a domestic or foreign facility that manufactures, processes, packs, or holds food for human or animal consumption in the U.S., you must register the facility with FDA, unless you are exempt under the Code of Federal Regulations. If you are an owner, operator, or agent in charge of a domestic facility, you must also register your facility, whether your goods enter interstate commerce or not.

The following facilities do not have to register with FDA:  

  • Foreign facilities where food undergoes further manufacturing or processing, which includes packaging by another facility outside the United States 
  • Farms 
  • Retail food establishments 
  • Restaurants 
  • Nonprofit food establishments 
  • Fishing vessels that do not process fish 
  • Facilities regulated exclusively by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
  • Private residences of individuals 
  • Non-bottled water collection and distribution centers 
  • Transport Vehicles that hold food 

Certain conditions apply to each of these exemptions, so be sure to confirm FDA’s definition of each exempt category 

Yes. FDA’s definition of the exempt “restaurant” category includes pet shelters, kennels, and veterinary facilities which provide food to animals, which means these facilities do not have to register. 

No. Fishing vessels are exempt from FDA registration if they head, eviscerate, or freeze fish with the sole intention of preparing them for holding on board a harvest vessel. 

According to the Code of Federal Regulations, a facility is defined as any establishment or structure(s) under one ownership at one general physical location, or, if a mobile facility, traveling to multiple locations, that manufactures, processes, packs, or holds food for consumption in the U.S. A facility may have one or more adjacent structures and a single building can house more than one facility if they are under separate ownership.  

Individual private residences and nonbottled drinking water collection and distribution establishments are not considered facilities. 

Yes. These facilities must register because rawhide chews are consumed by animals and are therefore defined as “food” by FDA. 

You may be considered a Qualified Facility (QF) or a Very Small Importer (VSI) if your establishment (including any subsidiaries or affiliates) averages less than $1,000,000 in human food  or $2,500,000 in animal food annual sales plus the market value of food that is imported, manufactured, processed, packed, or held without sale. The average must consider the totals of the previous three calendar years. 

Not sure if your facility qualifies as a QF? Use our free Qualified Facility Wizard to determine your status. 

Food products sold online for the U.S. market must typically meet the same FDA requirements as those selling through more traditional channels like ocean freight, air freight, or by truck. These may include: 

  • Registering the food facility with FDA and renewing registration biannually 
  • Designating a U.S. Agent for non-U.S. food facilities 
  • Submitting Prior Notice of imported foods 
  • Complying with FDA labeling regulations 
  • Ensuring that a Food Safety Plan or HACCP Plan, a Food Defense Plan, or a Recall Plan was developed and implemented at the food facility, if applicable  
  • Ensuring the U.S. importer has developed and implemented a verification program for imported foods as required under FSVP or HACCP requirements, if applicable 

Facilities located outside the U.S. that refuse an FDA inspection may be placed on Import Alert 99-32, otherwise known as “Detention Without Physical Examination of Products from Firms Refusing FDA Foreign Establishment Inspection.” All products exported to the U.S. by a facility on Import Alert 99-32 will be subject to detention until FDA inspects the facility.  

If a U.S.-based facility refuses an FDA inspection, FDA can seek a warrant to compel the inspection. The facility may also be subject to criminal penalties under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. 

Many U.S. state governments have additional requirements for bottled water offered for sale within their borders. These can include licensing, certification, or additional labeling statements not specified in FDA regulation.  

Registrar Corp offers unique reports for each state’s bottled water laws and requirements, which you can sign up for here 

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