FDA Registration Renewal - FDA Renewal Validity

FDA registration renewal period is different for each type of registration; the below table provides the registration renewal period and its validity. It is your responsibility to make sure your registration is valid and active. If you did not complete registration on time, the FDA may remove registration and listing information from the FDA site and consider your products misbranded. If you need assistance with FDA renewal, please get in touch with us ; we will issue a free certificate of FDA registration after successfully renewing your establishment as proof of FDA registration renewal.

Type of FDA Renewal

FDA Renewal Period

FDA Renewal Validity

How to Renew FDA Registration

  FDA Food facility registration renewal

  Biennial - October 1st to December 31, every even-numbered year

  Two years - valid up to December 31st of the next even-numbered year

  Online via FDA account

  FDA Drug establishment registration renewal

  Annual - October 1st to December 31

  One year - valid up to December 31st of next year

  SPL submission via FDA ESG

  FDA Drug Listing renewal

  Annual - October 1st to December 31

  1 year - valid up to December 31st of next year

  SPL submission via FDA ESG

 FDA Self-identification renewal

 Annual - May 1st to June 1st

  One year - right up to May 31st of next year

 SPL submission via FDA ESG

 FDA Medical device establishment registration renewal

  Annual - October 1st to December 31

  One year - valid up to December 31st of next year

Online via FDA account

 FDA DMF Submission renewal

  Annual - on the anniversary date of the original submission

  One year - valid up to the anniversary date

 ECTD Submission

 FDA Cosmetic registration renewal

 Biennial

 Two years

 SPL submission via FDA ESG


FDA Registration Renewal - FAQ


No, you don’t need to renew each food product but must renew the food facility registration.

US FDA Agent is not required for a domestic facility, but for foreign facilities, US Agent is a mandatory requirement; either the facility owner or the US Agent can renew the registration.

There is no FDA fee for food facility registration; you can find LMG Fees for FDA registration renewal assistance and US Agent service at FDA Registration Renewal fees

As your US Agent, we can complete FDA registration renewal within one business day.

Yes, you must review and update (if any) each drug listing during the FDA renewal period. If there is no change in the drug listings, you can go with FDA blanket listing submission to renew all listings together.

No, there is no renewal of FDA 510k clearance, but the medical device establishment registration must be renewed annually during FDA renewal.

FDA will not issue any registration renewal certificate, but LMG will issue a registration renewal certificate as proof of FDA registration renewal.