As per the FDA registration requirements, I would agree with Curtis, it
would appear that "there is NO COST to register".

For things like this, always look for the URL of the official page, in this
case fda.  buyitfromusyoufool.com would clearly be a commercial (.com) web
site.  Similary, www.fda.gov (.gov) is the government site.  Normally, our
government does not charge for electronic registration of things like this
-- we just finished registering a corporation, getting DUNN and CAGE
numbers, etc.   Now, we did pay $69 for an expedited number - if we'd been
willing to wait 30 days, it would have been free.

Admittedly, Google brought up the .com sites at the top of the list, so
obviously lots of people are falling for this ploy, since Google factors in
numbers of hits when it posts its results.

A similar scam occurs with URL domain names.  Someone goes out an registers
a dictionary full of names, then re-sells them at an inflated price.

As per the honey board, sounds like the person answering the phone didn't
know the answer -- someone at NHB should have been able to cite chapter and
verse about the regulations.

Finally, its clear that the purpose of the registration is traceability of
a food product to the source.  Its also clear that imports get a high
degree of attention from FDA.  Just a guess, but if you have your own label
with your honey "farm" -- say: Jan's Honey, Honey Bear RD, Aberdeen, MD,
that just might serve to identify the "farm".  Any lawyers in the group??

Jerry

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