{"id":340,"date":"2026-01-21T17:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/?p=340"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:59:34","slug":"certificate-of-free-sale-for-food-and-dietary-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2026\/01\/21\/certificate-of-free-sale-for-food-and-dietary-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate of Free Sale for Food and Dietary Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For US exporters of food and dietary supplements, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda_registration\/fda-export-certificate.html\">export\ncertificates<\/a> play a critical role in proving to foreign\nregulators that their products may be legally exported from the USA. Certificates\nsuch as the&nbsp;Certificate of Free Sale,&nbsp;Certificate to a Foreign\nGovernment, and&nbsp;Certificate of Exportability&nbsp;help smooth customs\nclearance and demonstrate compliance with the Federal FD&amp;C Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda_registration\/fda-certificate-of-free-sale.html\"><strong>Certificate\nof Free Sale<\/strong><\/a><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Certificate of Free Sale&nbsp;is an FDA export\ncertificate that confirms that certain products are regulated by FDA and meet\nthe applicable requirements for marketing in the USA or, in specific\ncircumstances, may be legally exported even if not marketed domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Certificate of Free Sale\nis available for Dietary supplements, Food for special dietary use and medical\nfoods. The Certificate shows that these products can either legally be marketed\nin the US or qualify for legal export under the statute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other Common FDA Export Certificates for\nFoods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Conventional foods and related products, below\ncertificate options are available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Certificate      to a Foreign Government (CFG) &#8211; Available for conventional foods, food      additives, food contact substances, infant formula, and seafood. The      certificate is often requested where a foreign government wants assurance      that the product is legally marketed in the USA.<\/li><li>Certificate      of Exportability (COE) &#8211; Available for conventional foods, food additives,      food contact substances, infant formula, and seafood      that\u00a0cannot\u00a0be legally marketed in the USA. This certificate      helps demonstrate that, although not sold domestically, the products      satisfy FDA\u2019s export provisions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/\">Liberty Management\nGroup Ltd.<\/a> provides assistance with Certificate of Free Sale and\nother export certificates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Namrata <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Regulatory\nConsultant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>support@libertymanagement.us<\/em><\/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>For US exporters of food and dietary supplements, export certificates play a critical role in proving to foreign regulators that their products may be legally exported from the USA. Certificates such as the&nbsp;Certificate of Free Sale,&nbsp;Certificate to a Foreign Government, and&nbsp;Certificate of Exportability&nbsp;help smooth customs clearance and demonstrate compliance with the Federal FD&amp;C Act. What &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2026\/01\/21\/certificate-of-free-sale-for-food-and-dietary-supplements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Certificate of Free Sale for Food and Dietary Supplements&#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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","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=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}