FDA Food Facility Registration for its own freeze-drying plant clears the way for exporting Korean pet food
Production capacity being doubled as the company builds out its global supply chain
LIMPID has completed its preparations for the US market and will launch its own brand there this month.
LIMPID said its own freeze-drying manufacturing facility completed US Food and Drug Administration Food Facility Registration (FFR) in November last year. The company is now qualified to export freeze-dried pet food produced in Korea directly to the United States.
FDA Food Facility Registration is mandatory for any overseas manufacturing facility exporting food to the United States. Pet food is subject to strict safety regulation in the US, and registration requires that a facility's hygiene management and quality systems meet FDA standards.
Alongside the registration, LIMPID is expanding its production infrastructure. It has secured an additional plant near its existing facility and is adding production lines, with capacity set to double within the first half of the year. The plan is to produce both its domestic TrustyFood brand and export products on a stable footing.
With very few facilities in Korea dedicated to manufacturing freeze-dried complete diets, LIMPID expects to hold the largest production capacity in the sector once the expansion is complete, which the company sees as a key advantage in global markets.
Beginning with the acquisition of a freeze-dried pet food plant in November of the previous year, LIMPID has built a vertically integrated structure covering research, production, and export, running its own formula laboratory and establishing a clinical testing joint venture with Kyungpook National University.
The US pet food market is the world's largest, exceeding USD 5.4 billion annually, and the premium alternative diet segment, which includes freeze-dried food, is growing 5 to 9 percent a year (Packaged Facts, 2024). Freeze-dried food is popular with US consumers because it preserves nutrients while remaining shelf stable.
Heesu Kim, CEO of LIMPID, said, “FDA registration means our quality management system has been recognized at a global standard. Starting with our first US shipment this month, we will show what Korean pet food can do.”
He added, “In Korea we will keep building the premium freeze-dried segment with TrustyFood, open up health management with the therapeutic diet brand Dr.Trusty, and offer tailored nutrition through our AI solution, expanding a pet healthcare business centered on precision nutrition.”