A company has a physically separate central storage building for holding food prior to use in a restaurant operated by the company. The central storage building is located within the same general area as the restaurant that it supplies (i.e., on the same property as the restaurant). Is the storage building exempt from registration?

“Facility” is defined to include structures under one ownership at one general physical location
(21 CFR 1.227). Since the storage building and restaurant are owned by the same company and
are located on the same property, the storage building is exempt from registration. However, if
the storage building was at a separate location or owned by a different person, it would be a
distinct facility that is required to register.