Truck terminals and freight forwarders may have food on their premises as part of the shipment process. Are these types of establishments required to register with FDA as food facilities?

No. Truck terminals and other stationary facilities that serve merely to assist transportation vehicles in the process of transporting food are not required to register with FDA. As with post offices and similar facilities discussed, truck terminals and freight forwarders that are part of the transportation network and have possession, custody, or control of food for the sole purpose of facilitating its transport are not required to register as food facilities. FDA acknowledges that this response is not completely consistent with certain prior guidance (see Comment 36 in the preamble to the Interim Final Rule; 68 FR 58894 at 58904). However, FDA further considered this issue, as well as related ones, and determined that the earlier guidance should be revised.