Are the U.S. agent for food facility registration and the U.S. agent for purposes of the foreign supplier verification program (FSVP) the same?

No. Although Congress used the term “United States agent” in both section 805(a)(2)(B)
(pertaining to who serves as the “importer” for purposes of fulfilling FSVP requirements) and
section 415(a)(1)(B) of the FD&C Act (pertaining to food facility registration), we do not
interpret the use of the term “United States agent” in section 805(a)(2)(B) to mean the U.S. agent
for a foreign facility under section 415(a)(1)(B) (see Comment 22 in the Registration Final Rule;
81 FR 45912 at 45926).