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                Registration & Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products

Registration & Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products

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          Form FDA 5066 - Registration of Cosmetic Product FacilityRegistration & Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products Form FDA 5066 - Registration of Cosmetic Product Facility
  
  	
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FDA strongly encourages electronic submissions to facilitate efficiency and timeliness of data submission and management for the agency.

**Cosmetics Direct**: You can submit your facility registrations using the Cosmetics Direct electronic submission portal at: https://direct.fda.gov.
	**Electronic Submissions Gateway (ESG)**:****As an alternative, facility registrations may be submitted online through FDA’s ESG, or any Structured Product Labeling (SPL) authoring software including SPL Xforms. The FDA ESG system requires users to apply for a free account before submitting data, a process which can take one to three weeks. FDA therefore urges registrants to apply for ESG accounts well in advance of the statutory deadline for data submission. The FDA ESG system requires users to apply for a free account before submitting data, a process which can take one to three weeks. FDA therefore urges registrants to apply for ESG accounts well in advance of the statutory deadline for data submission.

Paper Submissions

Instructions to Complete Form FDA 5066 – Registration of Cosmetic Product Facility

Download Form FDA 5066

Please mail the completed form to FDA’s Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products Program at: Food and Drug Administration, Office of Cosmetics and Colors, Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products Program, 5001 Campus Drive, CPK1, Room 1B-046, College Park, MD 20740-3835 or email it to RLC-PaperSubmissions@fda.hhs.gov.

The paper Form FDA 5066 contains five sections (Sections I through V). All required fields on Form FDA 5066 are designated by asterisks (*).

For additional details and instructions, please refer to the FDA Guidance for Industry: Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products.

**Note:**Each cosmetic product facility location must be registered separately.

Section I – Document type

Select one of the following document types:

**Initial Registration** – Form FDA 5066 submitted to FDA for the first time to provide information about a Cosmetic Product Facility under this facility name and location.
	**Amended (Changes to Registration)** – Form FDA 5066 submitted to FDA to make changes to a registered Cosmetic Product Facility.
	**Amended (Cancellation of Registration)** – Form FDA 5066 submitted to FDA for a previously registered facility that no longer manufacturers or processes cosmetic products.
	**Biennial Registration Renewal**– Form FDA 5066 submitted to FDA to renew a facility registration with changes.
	**Abbreviated Registration Renewal**– Form FDA 5066 submitted to FDA to renew a facility registration without any changes. By selecting this document type, you are certifying that no changes have been made to your registration since the previous registration was submitted.Section II – Registration

Provide the following required information:

Facility name
	Facility FEI (FDA Establishment Identifier) Number
	Street address
	City
	State or province
	Zip/postal code
	Country (if other than USA)
	Facility email
	Facility phone number (including country/area code)
	Name of the owner and/or operator of the facility
	Brand names of cosmetic products manufactured or processed in this facility (i.e., all brand names under which cosmetic products manufactured or processed in the facility are sold)
	Responsible person name (as listed on label) for each cosmetic product brand name
	Product category code(s) (see Cosmetic Product Categories and Codes)FDA also requests that the following additional optional information be provided:

Whether the facility registration is for a small business (optional registration)
	Parent company name (if applicable)
	Facility DUNS Number**Note:**

The facility registration number is the FDA Establishment Identifier (FEI). To facilitate the registration process, the owner or operator of a facility will need to obtain an FEI number before submitting the facility registration. To determine if an entity already has an FEI number, please refer to the FEI Search Portal. If your firm does not have an FEI number assigned by FDA, see How can I request an FEI? at FEI Search Portal (fda.gov).

Responsible Person as defined in section 604(4) of the Federal Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), means the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of a cosmetic product whose name appears on the label of such cosmetic product in accordance with section 609(a) of the FD&C Act or section 4(a) of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.

Section III – U.S. agent contact information (for foreign facilities)

For foreign facilities, provide the following required information:

U.S. agent name
	U.S. agent email (if not available, enter “N/A”)
	U.S. agent phone number (including country/area code)If applicable, a phone extension can be provided for the U.S. agent phone number.

Section IV – Confirmation statement

Enter the requested information in this section. FDA requests that individuals submitting facility registration information to attest to the accuracy and veracity of the information submitted.

Section V – Additional contact information for authorized agent

Provide the following optional information:

Additional contact name
	Additional contact email
	Additional contact phone number (including country/area code)
	Additional contact phone extensionBefore submitting Form FDA 5066, please check your submission to ensure that all continuation pages and/or attachments have been included. The mailing and email addresses for the submission can be found at the top of this webpage.

Resources

Registration & Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products
	Guidance for Industry: Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products

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      01/08/2024
              
              
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                        Cosmetics Direct
          Cosmetic Product Categories and Codes
          Form FDA 5066 - Registration of Cosmetic Product Facility
          Form FDA 5067 - Cosmetic Product Listing
 
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