Yes. As described in 21 CFR 1.241(c), FDA may cancel registrations in certain circumstances.
Specifically, 21 CFR 1.241(c) provides that FDA will cancel a registration if FDA independently
verifies:
• the facility is no longer in business;
• the facility has changed owners, and the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the
facility fails to cancel the registration;
• the registration is for a facility that does not exist;
• the facility is not required to register;
• the information about the facility’s address was not updated in a timely manner in
accordance with 21 CFR 1.234(a); or
• the registration was submitted to FDA by a person not authorized to submit the
registration under 21 CFR 1.225.
In addition, FDA will consider a registration for a food facility to be expired if the registration is
not renewed, as required by 21 CFR 1.230(b), and FDA will consider a food facility with an
expired registration to have failed to register in accordance with section 415 of the FD&C Act
(21 CFR 1.241(b)). Furthermore, 21 CFR 1.241(c) provides that FDA will cancel a registration
if the facility’s registration has expired because the facility has failed to renew the registration in
accordance with 21 CFR 1.230(b).
21 CFR 1.241(c) states that if we cancel a facility’s registration, we will send a confirmation of
the cancellation using contact information submitted by the facility in the registration database.
