FDA Bi-Annual Renewal Closes On December 31, 2024

Food facilities that are required to register with FDA must renew registrations during the period beginning on October 1 and ending on December 31 of each even-numbered year.

During the renewal period, you will not see the “Update” button listed on the FFRM main menu, until the registration is renewed. If a registration is not renewed by 11:59 PM on December 31 of 2024, the registration is considered expired and FDA will remove it from your account.

In addition, all facilities must include a unique facility identifier (UFI) recognized as acceptable to FDA with the registration submission “To” date, FDA recognizes the Data Universal Numbering System D-U-N-S (DUNS) number as an acceptable UFI. The DUNS number is assigned and managed by Dun & Bradstreet. DUNS numbers can be obtained or verified by visiting D&B’s websiteExternal Link Disclaimer

If you have questions regarding your Biennial registration, please reach out to customs@elentenimports.com

Update on ILA and USMA Negotiations

At the time of writing neither party had confirmed that negotiations had recommenced.  Most recent reports are that negotiations remain stalled based on proposed automation at ports, impacting labor represented by the ILA.    The parties continue to operate under the previous contract extension through to January 15 2025.   For the most up-to-date information, please visit the websites below.

USMX website

ILA Union website

2025 CBMA Allocations

The TTB has launched the 2025 CBMA assignments on the myTTB portal. 

Assignments must be renewed annually and should be the best overestimate of what you may import in 2025.

Once the supplier makes the 2025 allocation, please provide their TTB ID and the gallon figure to cbma@elentenyimports.com.

You can still set up CBMA assignments or increase your gallonage for the rest of 2024, however, any containers that arrive after the New Year must have 2025 assignments.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask at cbma@elentenyimports.com.

                                 

Order now for West Coast :   12  March 2025
Order now for East Coast  :     5  February 2025  
        

Elenteny Organic Enrollment Period
Now Open 1 – 20 December

If you import organic wine or are planning to import organic wine in early 2025 – we can help!

Elenteny has imported over 65,000 cases of Organic Wine this year and has helped over 40 customers move their wine under the new USDA rules.   To ensure this smooth movement of wine we ask our customers to enroll their wines with us to kick-start the import process.

Elenteny Imports is a certified organic importer (with our NOP) and can import organic wine.

To get started reach out to organic@elentenyimports.com

2025 ENROLLMENT PERIODS

March, 2-21
June, 2-20
September, 1-19
December, 1-19

Notice to Customers

The Biennial FDA registration deadline is now just a little over two weeks away and as this year is an FDA registration renewal year,  we kindly ask that you check with your suppliers to confirm if they’ve renewed their registration or received a new FDA number.

If they complete a new registration rather than a standard renewal without informing you, you may experience delays and FDA rejection fees on arrival in the New Year.

Our Purchase Order Team will be requesting these FDA numbers to help ensure smooth customs clearance and prevent any potential FDA rejections.

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