Food Service Sanitation Registration Form

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates most food and beverage products sold in the United States. Companies selling these products must meet very specific requirements set forth by the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which was originally passed by Congress in 1938 and has subsequently been amended by acts such as the the Bioterrorism Act in 2002 and more recently by the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2011. One of these requirements is that food facilities must register with the U.S. FDA. A facility is any establishment, warehouse, or factory that manufactures,processes, packs, or holds food that may be consumed by humans or animals in the United States. The registration of food facilities helps FDA determine the location of the source of a potential or actual bioterrorism incident or an outbreak of foodborne illness and permits the agency to quickly notify facilities that may be affected. Examples of foods that may be produced in a facility required to hav