FDA delayed registration renewals submitted to January 31, 2013.

FDA exercised enforcement discretion with respect to registration renewals submitted to FDA after December 31, 2012 for a period of 31 days, until January 31, 2013.

Section 102 of FSMA amends section 415(a)(2) of the FD&C Act by requiring food facilities to submit registrations to FDA containing additional information from July 1, 2011. All food facilities (foods manufactured/processed, packed, or held at registering facilities) that are required to register with FDA under section 415 of the FD&C Act must renew their registrations with FDA, every other year, during the period of time beginning on October 1 and ending on December 31 of each even-numbered year.

On October 10, 2003 FDA issued a "interim final regulation" of Registration Of Food Facilities, required that all food and food contact materials enterprises in the domestic and foreign must register to FDA , in response to the terrorist attacks of food supply chain may occurred and disease caused by Food. According to the American public law 188-107,the enterprises must register to  FDA are divided into two categories:

1. Food contact materials enterprise, including all kinds of food packaging, toaster, sandwich oven, electric kettle, etc and food contact electrical appliances, food storage products, tempered glass cutting board, such as stainless steel kitchen utensils, dishes, knife, fork, spoon, plates and cutlery;
2. All kinds of food enterprise, including infants and children's food, drink, candy, coffee, edible pigment, diet food, spices, vegetables, food additive, etc.

Registration information must be included:

1. The name, address and telephone number of facilities and corporation (if applicable) ;
2. The name, address and telephone number of owners, operators or agent;
3. The trade name of the facility;
4. The suitable food species in FDA regulations 21 CFR 170.3;
5. Prove that the submitted information are true and accurate, submit (if not the owners, operators or responsible agent) authorized to submit information statement;
6. Foreign facilities must provide the agent's name, address and telephone number;
7. Foreign facilities must provide the agent's emergency contact phone number, unless the facilities designated other emergency contact;
8. Domestic facilities also need to provide emergency contact phone number.

Form 3537：http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/Forms/UCM071977.pdf