On September 26, 2016, FDA issued the guidance "Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Product Categories," amending the food product categories available for registration of food facilities. Some of the food product categories that have been amended are: (i) acidified foods and low-acid canned foods, which are no longer listed as food product categories but activity types; (ii) the animal food categories, which now add botanicals and herbs, direct-fed microbials, animal protein products, forage products, human food by-products not otherwise listed and technical additives (the "animal protein products" category replaces the previous "animal derived products" category, and the "processed animal waste products" category replaces the "recycled animal waste products" category); and (iii) the molluscan shellfish optional activity type, which is now a food product category. FDA stated these amendments will help the agency's ability to respond quickly and accurately to food-related emergencies and to verify that imported products are correctly identified by where and when they were produced.
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