{"id":354,"date":"2026-04-17T21:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/?p=354"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:17:35","slug":"steps-to-fce-sid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2026\/04\/17\/steps-to-fce-sid\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to FCE-SID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FCE (Food Canning Establishment) registration and SID\n(Submission Identifier) process filings are required for commercial processors\nof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/acidified-and-low-acid-canned-foods.html\">low-acid\ncanned foods&nbsp;(LACF) and acidified foods (AF)<\/a> in hermetically sealed\ncontainers (e.g., cans, jars, pouches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FCE &amp; SID requirement applies to both US and foreign\nfacilities that manufacture, process, or pack such products for distribution in\nthe U.S. market. Importers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, or repackagers\ncannot file FCE or SID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LACF are thermally processed products with a finished\nequilibrium pH &gt; 4.6 and water activity &gt; 0.85, packaged in hermetically\nsealed containers for shelf\u2011stable,\nnon\u2011refrigerated storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples &#8211; canned vegetables (e.g., green beans, corn,\nmushrooms, potatoes, peas, spinach, carrots), canned meats (e.g., tuna,\nchicken, spam), seafood (e.g., sardines, clams), soups with meat\/veggies. gravies,\npasta in sauce, fruits in heavy syrup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AF are low-acid foods (original pH &gt;4.6, water\nactivity &gt;0.85) to which acids or acid foods are added, achieving a final\nequilibrium pH \u22644.6 while remaining shelf-stable in hermetically sealed\ncontainers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples &#8211; pickled vegetables (e.g., beans, cucumbers,\ncabbage, peppers, artichokes, cauliflower), salsas, barbecue\/hot sauces,\npickled eggs, tropical fruit mixes, fish, and puddings acidified with vinegar,\nlemon juice, or citric acid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step by Step Process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Obtain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-food-registration.html\">Food Facility\nRegistration<\/a><\/li><li>Obtain a scheduled process from a qualified\nProcess Authority, detailing pH, thermal processing, container specs, and\nsafety validation<\/li><li>File FCE for the plant location via FDA Form\n2541<\/li><li>File separate SID for each product variant,\ncontainer size and type via FDA Forms 2541d\/e\/f\/g<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liberty Management Group Ltd can help file Food Facility\nRegistration, FCE and SID for your low acid canned and acidified food products\nand also help with label compliance.<\/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>FCE (Food Canning Establishment) registration and SID (Submission Identifier) process filings are required for commercial processors of low-acid canned foods&nbsp;(LACF) and acidified foods (AF) in hermetically sealed containers (e.g., cans, jars, pouches). FCE &amp; SID requirement applies to both US and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, or pack such products for distribution in the U.S. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2026\/04\/17\/steps-to-fce-sid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Steps to FCE-SID&#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":[5,38],"tags":[69,65,4,91],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-regulations","category-us-fda-registration","tag-acidified-foods","tag-fce","tag-low-acid-canned-foods","tag-sid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","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=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}