to register as a facility solely because such facility is 
engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or 
holding 1 or more alcoholic beverages. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to exempt any food, apart from distilled spir-
its, wine, and malt beverages, as defined in section 211 of 
the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, from the require-
ments of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
TITLE I—FOOD SAFETY 
Subtitle A—Prevention 
SEC. 101. CHANGES IN REGISTRATION OF FOOD FACILITIES. 
(a) MISBRANDING.—Section 403 (21 U.S.C. 343) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z) If it was manufactured, processed, packed, or held 
in a facility that is not duly registered under section 415, 
including a facility whose registration is canceled or sus-
pended under such section.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REGISTRATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 415(a) (21 U.S.C. 
350d(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence of paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘require that’’ and in-
serting ‘‘require that, on or before December 
31 of each year,’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘food for consumption 
in the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘food 
for consumption in the United States or for 
export from the United States’’; 
(B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1), by inserting ‘‘and pay the registration 
fee required under section 743’’ after ‘‘submit a 
registration to the Secretary’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(C) in the first sentence of paragraph (2), 
by inserting ‘‘in electronic format’’ after ‘‘sub-
mit’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall 
remove from such list the name of any facility 
that fails to reregister in accordance with this 
section, that fails to pay the registration fee re-
quired under section 743, or whose registration 
is canceled by the registrant, canceled by the Sec-
retary in accordance with this section, or sus-
pended by the Secretary in accordance with this 
section.’’. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REGISTRATION.—Paragraph 
(2) of section 415(a) (21 U.S.C. 350d(a)), as amended 
by paragraph (1), is amended by striking ‘‘containing 
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information’’ and all that follows and inserting the 
following: ‘‘containing information that identifies the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The name, address, and emergency 
contact information of the facility being reg-
istered. 
‘‘(B) The primary purpose and business ac-
tivity of the facility, including the dates of oper-
ation if the facility is seasonal. 
‘‘(C) The general food category (as defined 
by the Secretary by guidance) of each food man-
ufactured, processed, packed, or held at the facil-
ity. 
‘‘(D) All trade names under which the facil-
ity conducts business related to food. 
‘‘(E) The name, address, and 24-hour emer-
gency contact information of the United States 
distribution agent for the facility, which agent 
shall have access to the information required to 
be maintained under section 414(d) for food that 
is manufactured, processed, packed, or held at 
the facility. 
‘‘(F) If the facility is located outside of the 
United States, the name, address, and emergency 
contact information for a United States agent. 
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‘‘(G) The unique facility identifier of the fa-
cility, as specified under section 911. 
‘‘(H) Such additional information per-
taining to the facility as the Secretary may re-
quire by regulation. 
The registrant shall notify the Secretary of any 
change in the submitted information not later than 
30 days after the date of such change, unless otherwise 
specified by the Secretary.’’. 
(3) SUSPENSION
AND
CANCELLATION
AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 415(a) (21 U.S.C. 350d(a)), as amend-
ed by paragraphs (1) and (2), is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may sus-
pend the registration of any facility registered 
under this section for a violation of this Act that 
could result in serious adverse health con-
sequences or death to humans or animals. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF SUSPENSION.—Suspension 
of a registration shall be preceded by— 
‘‘(i) notice to the facility of the intent 
to suspend the registration; and 
‘‘(ii) an opportunity for an informal 
hearing, as defined in guidance or regula-
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tions issued by the Secretary, concerning the 
suspension of such registration for such fa-
cility. 
‘‘(C) REQUEST.—The owner, operator, or 
agent in charge of a facility whose registration 
is suspended may request that the Secretary va-
cate the suspension of registration when such 
owner, operator, or agent has corrected the viola-
tion that is the basis for such suspension. 
‘‘(D) VACATING OF SUSPENSION.—If, based 
on an inspection of the facility or other informa-
tion, the Secretary determines that adequate rea-
sons do not exist to continue the suspension of a 
registration, the Secretary shall vacate such sus-
pension. 
‘‘(6) CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not earlier than 10 
days after providing the notice under subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary may cancel a registra-
tion if the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the registration was not updated 
in accordance with this section or otherwise 
contains false, incomplete, or inaccurate in-
formation; or 
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‘‘(ii) the required registration fee has 
not been paid within 30 days after the date 
due. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF CANCELLATION.—Cancella-
tion shall be preceded by notice to the facility of 
the intent to cancel the registration and the basis 
for such cancellation. 
‘‘(C) TIMELY UPDATE OR CORRECTION.—If 
the registration for the facility is updated or cor-
rected no later than 7 days after notice is pro-
vided under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall not cancel such registration. 
‘‘(7) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
March 30th of each year, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Congress a report, based on the registrations on 
or before December 31 of the previous year, on the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The number of facilities registered 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) The number of such facilities that are 
domestic. 
‘‘(C) The number of such facilities that are 
foreign. 
‘‘(D) The number of such facilities that are 
high-risk. 
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