U.S. FDA certification

The FDA defines itself as the country’s ancient consumer protection agency. Its origins can be traced back to the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1848 and the establishment of the United States Department of Agriculture in 1862. The department assumed the duties of the Patent Office in the chemical analysis of agricultural products. , FDA‘s regulatory functions began with the "Pure Food and Drug Act" passed in 1906.

The role of FDA certification

The FDA has a profound impact in the United States and the world, and is known as the "Patron saint of American health." The declared products need to be monitored at 143 key detection points after the product is used on the human body, and it will continue to monitor 2-3 million people. After 7 years of monitoring, only products that have passed the FDA certification will be issued FDA certification; therefore, FDA certification is recognized by the World Health Organization as a relatively high food safety standard, which is a relatively high honor and guarantee pursued by international manufacturers.

What is the difference between FDA certification and registration and testing
The so-called FDA certification is the process of certification and supervision of products under the jurisdiction of the US FDA, called FDA certification; also because of ordinary food and food contact materials, these products only need to be registered as a company and do not need to be certified, so in this certification industry For this type of product, we will not call it FDA certification, but will only call it FDA registration.

Only products above category lⅡ that are not exempt from 510K, apply for FDA registration, which is called FDA certification, because these products need to be tested and then a 510K report must be written. Through this report, we can judge whether the product meets the requirements of FDA; this process is in line with the concept of certification, and other products such as ordinary food are just for the registration of the company, without substantive quality supervision of the product, so we generally Not called FDA certification.