U.S. Food Supply: 439,240 Facilities, 176 Countries

The FDA registers facilities that manufacture about 80% of the nation's food supply. Its list of registered facilities is divided between foreign (64%) and domestic (36%) facilities in 11 categories. The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 prevents the disclosure of more detailed information about these facilities, such as the address of, and the foods made at, each. The FDA inspects less than 1% of imports, and acknowledged today that even food safety programs within the United States are inconsistent.

Facility Type ......................... Domestic .......... Foreign
Warehouse/Holding Facility .......... 78,539 ........... 69,026
Acidified/Low Acid Processor........ 2,273 .............. 7,345
Caterer/Catering (Interstate)........... 1,258 ............. 3,004
Molluscan Shellfish Establishment ...1,643 ............. 3,544
Commissary ..................................... 1,424 ............. 3,517
Contract Sterilizer ........................... 292 ................ 2,778
Labeler/Relabeler ............................ 11,341 .......... 35,852
Manufacturer/Processor ................ 28,765 .......... 90,650
Repacker/Packer ............................. 20,045 .......... 57,117
Salvage Operator (Reconditioner) . 526 ............... 2,207
Animal food ...................................... 10,531 .......... 7,563

manufacturing, processing and holding

Total ...................................... 156,637 ..... 282,603 Total (Foreign And Domestic)..................... 439,240 Nations With Registered Food Facilities AFGHANISTAN 20 ALBANIA 51 ALGERIA 20 ANDORRA 20 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 18 ARGENTINA 3090 ARMENIA 129 ARUBA 17 AUSTRALIA 3749 AUSTRIA 825 AZERBAIJAN 55 BAHAMAS 67 BAHRAIN 12 BANGLADESH 265 BARBADOS 64 BELARUS 62 BELGIUM 1064 BELIZE 65 BERMUDA 16 BOLIVIA 271 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA 85 BRAZIL 3836 BULGARIA 483 BURKINA FASO 14 BURUNDI 19 CAMBODIA 19 CAMEROON 53 CANADA 13129 CAPE VERDE 15 CAYMAN ISLANDS 16 CHILE 3508 CHINA 17405 COLOMBIA 2826 COMOROS 13 CONGO 10 CONGO (THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) 17 COOK ISLANDS 10 COSTA RICA 1365 CROATIA 131 CYPRUS 91 CZECH REPUBLIC 290 DENMARK 511 DOMINICA 35 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 804 ECUADOR 3946 EGYPT 441 EL SALVADOR 736 ESTONIA 89 ETHIOPIA 286 FAROE ISLANDS 29 FIJI 169 FINLAND 206 FRANCE 11970 FRENCH POLYNESIA 61 GAMBIA 13 GEORGIA 125 GERMANY 3542 GHANA 376 GREECE 970 GREENLAND 28 GRENADA 28 GUADELOUPE 17 GUATEMALA 1097 GUINEA 161 GUYANA 287 HAITI 100 HONDURAS 849 HONG KONG, CHINA 2065 HUNGARY 489 ICELAND 311 INDIA 4371 INDONESIA 1573 IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) 274 IRELAND 430 ISRAEL 1129 ITALY 12248 IVORY COAST 265 JAMAICA 489 JAPAN 21140 JORDAN 147 KAZAKHSTAN 19 KENYA 316 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC 33 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 4800 KUWAIT 51 LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 24 LATVIA 119 LEBANON 280 LIBERIA 38 LITHUANIA 205 LUXEMBOURG 41 MACAU, CHINA 21 MACEDONIA 108 MADAGASCAR 112 MALAWI 50 MALAYSIA 1295 MALDIVES 37 MALI 18 MALTA 20 MARTINIQUE 19 MAURITANIA 21 MAURITIUS 55 MEXICO 13750 MOLDOVA 92 MONACO 15 MONGOLIA 11 MOROCCO 364 MOZAMBIQUE 33 NAMIBIA 54 NEPAL 35 NETHERLANDS 1399 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 31 NEW CALEDONIA 13 NEW ZEALAND 2262 NICARAGUA 515 NIGERIA 306 NORWAY 677 OMAN 33 PAKISTAN 458 PANAMA 575 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 121 PARAGUAY 157 PERU 2296 PHILIPPINES 1333 POLAND 1372 PORTUGAL 987 REUNION 23 ROMANIA 167 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1538 RWANDA 44 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 16 SAINT LUCIA 26 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 32 SAMOA 25 SAUDI ARABIA 101 SENEGAL 76 SERBIA 18 SEYCHELLES 10 SIERRA LEONE 24 SINGAPORE 659 SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic) 90 SLOVENIA 126 SOLOMON ISLANDS 17 SOUTH AFRICA 1494 SPAIN 5053 SRI LANKA 616 SUDAN 15 SURINAME 30 SWAZILAND 10 SWEDEN 354 SWITZERLAND 905 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 180 TAIWAN (CHINA) 2570 TANZANIA 105 THAILAND 2620 TOGO 22 TONGA 52 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 237 TUNISIA 129 TURKEY 1282 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 13 UGANDA 93 UKRAINE 684 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 270 UNITED KINGDOM 3145 UNITED STATES 133798 URUGUAY 389 UZBEKISTAN 33 VANUATU 13 VENEZUELA 449 VIET NAM 4974 VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) 29 YEMEN 35 YUGOSLAVIA 212 ZAMBIA 13 ZIMBABWE 40

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