If you’re manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding food for the U.S. market, you don’t need anyone to tell you that FDA registration is mandatory — you already know the drill. What tends to blindside people, though, especially first-time registrants and foreign exporters, is a small detail buried inside that process: the DUNS number. It sounds…
If you run a food, beverage, or dietary supplement business that touches the U.S. market, there’s a date circled on your compliance calendar that you really don’t want to miss: December 31, 2026. That’s the last day of this year’s FDA Food Facility Registration renewal window, and if your facility misses it, the consequences aren’t…
On July 30, 2026, the FDA published eleven separate Federal Register notices establishing new user fee rates for Fiscal Year 2027. These updates cover prescription drugs, generic drugs, biosimilars, OTC monograph drugs, medical devices, animal drugs, outsourcing facilities, and certain food-related programs. Most of these fees take effect October 1, 2026, and stay in place through…
India grows and exports spices more than any other country on earth. Turmeric, cumin, black pepper, chili powder, cardamom — if it’s in a spice rack somewhere in the world, chances are a good chunk of it came from here. And the US is one of our biggest buyers. But here’s the thing exporters often…
