When you make your Small Business Certification Request, you are explicitly certifying:
“. . . to the best of my knowledge, the information I have provided in this Request is complete and accurate. I understand that submission of a false request may subject me to criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and other applicable federal statutes.”
This statement appears immediately above your signature.
A false certification is one where you report information that is not true (for example, your gross receipts or sales are actually higher than you state) or if you fail to disclose required information (for example, you fail to disclose the existence of a parent, partner, or affiliate).
If FDA determines you submitted a false certification, we may suspend your status as a Small Business, we may suspend the review of any application you submitted until you pay the full fee that applies to that type of application, we may seek payment of the unpaid portion of fees that should have been paid, we may take other legal actions that are appropriate under the circumstances, and you may be subject to criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and other applicable federal statutes.
