FDA assigns a registration number to confirm that a food facility is registered. A facility’s
registration is not confirmed until after we verify certain information included in the registration.
Specifically, we will not confirm a registration until we verify a facility’s UFI and facility specific
address, that the person identified as the U.S. agent agreed to serve as the U.S. agent (for
foreign facility registrations), and that registrations not submitted by an owner, operator, or agent
in charge were in fact authorized by the individual identified as having authorized the
submission. See 21 CFR 1.231. Upon successful verification of this information, the
registration number is assigned, and the registrant is notified of the registration number and pin
number for the facility either in an email or a letter sent through U.S. mail.
