The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responsible for protecting and promoting public health by ensuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and animal drugs, biological products, and medical devices; ensuring the safety of food and feed, cosmetics, and radiation-emitting products; and regulating tobacco products.
Firms exporting products from the United States are often asked by foreign customers or foreign governments to supply a "certificate" for products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A certificate is a document prepared by FDA containing information about a product's regulatory or marketing status.
Why do foreign governments want FDA Export Certificates?
In many cases, foreign governments are seeking official assurance that products exported to their countries can be marketed in the United States or meet specific U.S. regulations, for example, current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations. Review of an FDA Export Certificate may be a required part of the process to register or import a product into another country.
What Types of Export Certificates does FDA issue?
At the current time, FDA issues the following types of Export Certificates:
Certificate to a Foreign Government (CFG)
Certificate of Exportability (COE)
Certificate of Free Sale (CFS)
Certificate for Cosmetics
Non-Clinical Research Use Only (NCR) Certificate
Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CPP)
Electronic Certificates of Pharmaceutical Product (eCPP)
Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) Declarations
Non-Clinical Research Use Only Certificate (NCR Certificate)
How to Apostille or Authenticate those documents?
Document issued by the Department of Health and Human Services FDA division in the United States needs to be apostilled or authenticated before its use in other countries outside the United States.
Requirements for your FDA Certificates
Must be original
Must be on agency letterhead
Must include a legible signature of the official's name, printed name and title, and seal of the agency
The apostille or authentication process for you is quite simple. Simply place an order below according to your situation and mail us the original document which needs apostille or authentication.
▶️ If the destination country is a member of the Hague Convention of 1961, it needs to get the Apostille from the Secretary of State. Once the apostille is completed, It is ready for use.
▶️ However, if the destination country is NOT a member of the Hague Convention of 1961, more steps are needed. Specifically, the document needs to be authenticated by the U.S. Department of State, and the embassy of that destination country which is located in Washington D.C.
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After you place the order, then please mail/email us the original documents for further processing based on the instruction you received from our team.
That's it. Once the apostille or authentication process is completed, we will mail it to your mailing address, either domestically or internationally. Shipping costs apply.
We provide apostille, authentication, and embassy legalization services for other personal documents and corporate documents issued in 50 states and DC.
If you have any questions and do not know which service to order, please contact us by describing ① the type of the document, ② which state the doc is from, and ③ in which country the doc will be used, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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