{"id":9,"date":"2019-01-09T17:49:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T17:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/?p=9"},"modified":"2019-04-11T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T16:22:37","slug":"fda-lacf-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2019\/01\/09\/fda-lacf-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA LACF Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All food facilities engaged in manufacturing, packing, labeling or holding of food for consumption in US must be <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FDA registered (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-food-registration.html\" target=\"_blank\">FDA registered<\/a>. In addition all foreign facilities must designate a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"US Agent (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-registration-agent.html\" target=\"_blank\">US Agent<\/a> for the purpose of FDA communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, all commercial processors of low-acid and acidified foods located in the US and all foreign processors who export <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/acidified-and-low-acid-canned-foods.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">low-acid canned food (LACF)<\/a> or acidified food products into the US must also register their processing plants (Food Canning Establishment Registration \u2013 FCE) and submit scheduled process filing with FDA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LACF is any food with a finished equilibrium pH greater than\n4.6 and a water activity greater than 0.85 excluding tomatoes and tomato\nproducts having a finished equilibrium pH less than 4.7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An acidified food is a low-acid food to which acids are\nadded and which has a finished equilibrium pH of 4.6 or below and a water\nactivity greater than 0.85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any LACF food offered for import that is manufactured in a facility with no FCE registration will be refused admission into US. Wholesalers, distributors, broker and importers are not required to register or file processes. But they must ensure that their suppliers FCE registration is in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any manufacturer that is required to register as an FCE must also submit its scheduled process for all of its Low Acid Canned foods to FDA to obtain a SID number for all such products. The manufacturer\u2019s scheduled process must be reviewed and accepted by FDA before any such food is permitted to enter the US. The manufacturer must update the SID filing if there is any change in the manufacturing process, container type, size etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liberty Management Group LTD<\/a><\/em><strong><em>&nbsp; is one of the leading FDA consulting group in the USA. LMG provides assistance with Food Facility Registration, Food Canning Establishment Registration, Scheduled process filing and <\/em><\/strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdahelp.us\/fda-label-review.html#1review\" target=\"_blank\">Label Review<\/a><\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Namrata <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>FDA Regulatory Consultant<\/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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.fdahelp.us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Published on: January 9, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All food facilities engaged in manufacturing, packing, labeling or holding of food for consumption in US must be FDA registered. In addition all foreign facilities must designate a US Agent for the purpose of FDA communications. In addition, all commercial processors of low-acid and acidified foods located in the US and all foreign processors who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2019\/01\/09\/fda-lacf-registration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FDA LACF Registration&#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],"tags":[3,2,4,37],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-regulations","tag-fda","tag-fda-registration","tag-low-acid-canned-foods","tag-us-agent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","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=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}