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The FDA Importers GuideLow-Acid Canned Acidified Foods Protecting Your Investment Like many importers, you have probably invested a considerable amount of money in your low-acid canned food and acidified food imports. It makes good sense to protect your investment and to import only safe, thermally processed or properly acidified foods. Besides, thats the law. Because only legal products are permitted into the United States, its necessary for you to know about the legal requirements enforced by FDA. This pamphlet can help you. It focuses on the necessity for processors of low-acid canned foods and acidified foods to register their establishments with FDA. These processors must also provide FDA with their products processes. The regulations which require registration and process filing (Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 108.25 and 108.35) also contain other requirements. Remember—an illegal import may be denied entry into the United States, so stop a moment and make sure that everything about your import food entry is in order. A Question and Answer Guide Registration of Manufacturers of Low-Acid Canned Food and Acidified Foods Q. What foreign food processing establishments must register with FDA? A. Each low-acid canned food and acidified food processing establishment which ships products to the United States must register with FDA. Make sure the processing establishment is registered with FDA before importing its products. Upon receipt of a Food Canning Establishment Registration Form (FDA-2541), FDA assigns each registered processing establishment a Food Canning Establishment Number (FCE#). This number helps FDA track the firms registration and processing records. Q. How do I find out if the processing establishment is registered? A. Contact the processing establishment to verify FDA establishment registration and to obtain the firms Food Canning Establishment Number (FCE#). Q. Can I register the processing establishment? A. FDA recommends that the proc