{"id":331,"date":"2025-09-05T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/?p=331"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:41:35","slug":"fei-fda-establishment-identifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2025\/09\/05\/fei-fda-establishment-identifier\/","title":{"rendered":"FEI &#8211; FDA Establishment Identifier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An FEI is an FDA system generated unique number used to identify a firm, establishment, or facility involved in manufacturing, packing and distribution of FDA-regulated products. The FEI helps the FDA track inspections, facility registrations, and other regulatory activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FEI is different from DUNS or EIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FEI for Drugs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Both\n     US and foreign drug manufacturing or processing facility must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-drug-registration.html\">register with the\n     FDA<\/a> and is assigned an FEI after registration.<\/li><li>FEI\n     enables FDA to track inspections, regulatory compliance, recalls, and\n     other enforcement actions for that establishment location.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FEI for Medical Devices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Manufacturers,\n     contract manufacturers, foreign exporters, initial importers, relabelers,\n     repackagers must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/establishment-registration.html\">register\n     with the FDA<\/a> and are assigned an FEI upon registration.<\/li><li>FEI\n     enables FDA to track inspections, regulatory compliance, recalls, and\n     other enforcement actions for that establishment location.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FEI for Food<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\n     FEI helps the FDA with communication, inspection planning, and tracking\n     facility-related activities during food safety investigations.<\/li><li>The\n     FEI is distinct from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-food-registration.html\">food facility\n     registration<\/a> number, which is an 11-digit FDA-assigned number assigned\n     after registration.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FEI for Cosmetics&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\n     FEI is&nbsp;the&nbsp;required\n     facility&nbsp;registration&nbsp;number&nbsp;used&nbsp;by the FDA\n     to&nbsp;identify cosmetic&nbsp;product facilities&nbsp;in its database.<\/li><li>Obtaining\n     an FEI is&nbsp;the&nbsp;first step&nbsp;toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-cosmetic-registration.html\">registering&nbsp;a\n     cosmetic facility<\/a>&nbsp;with the FDA. You must have&nbsp;an FEI\n     before&nbsp;submitting a&nbsp;facility registration.<\/li><li>The&nbsp;FEI\n     links the&nbsp;facility registration&nbsp;to product\n     listing&nbsp;submissions, which&nbsp;must include&nbsp;the FEI of\n     each&nbsp;facility manufacturing&nbsp;or processing&nbsp;the\n     cosmetic&nbsp;products.<\/li><li>The FEI number does&nbsp;not expire. Once\nassigned, the FEI remains valid and does not require renewal. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The FEI is different from cosmetic facility\nregistration, which must be renewed biennially to maintain compliance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liberty Management Group Ltd can help facilities with FDA Regulations\nfor all above product categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Namrata <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regulatory Consultant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:support@libertymanagement.us\">support@libertymanagement.us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\">http:\/\/www.fdahelp.us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An FEI is an FDA system generated unique number used to identify a firm, establishment, or facility involved in manufacturing, packing and distribution of FDA-regulated products. The FEI helps the FDA track inspections, facility registrations, and other regulatory activities. FEI is different from DUNS or EIN. FEI for Drugs Both US and foreign drug manufacturing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2025\/09\/05\/fei-fda-establishment-identifier\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FEI &#8211; FDA Establishment Identifier&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5,1,38],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmetics-regulations","category-food-regulations","category-uncategorized","category-us-fda-registration","tag-fei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}