FDA Issues Draft Compliance Policy Guide on Food Facility Registration

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability
of “Draft Compliance Policy Guide Sec.100.250 Food Facility Registration—
Human and Animal Food” (draft CPG), which aims to “provide guidance for
FDA staff regarding enforcement of the food facility registration provisions
under a section [415] of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act .” To this
end, the draft CPG outlines how FDA plans to implement provisions establishing
food facility registration requirements as well as “FDA’s authority to
suspend a food facility’s registration.”

According to FDA, the finalized CPG “will replace ‘Compliance Policy Guide
Sec.110.300 Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.’” Comments should
be submitted by May 6, 2013. See Federal Register, April 4, 2013.