- Compliant Warehousing
Spectra’s FDA Registered Facility
Stay compliant by storing your inventory at Spectra’s FDA registered fulfillment center. Our team follows your handling specifications for your products.
FDA
Registered Facility
Provides compliant storage
Climate
Controlled Environment
Avoid temperature extremes
Sensitive
Product Storage
Cosmetics and nonperishable foods
Inspections
By FDA
Compliance ensured on a regular basis
FDA Registered Fulfillment Center
A warehouse that is registered with the FDA must follow appropriate procedures for climate control, pest prevention, and sanitation practices. These procedures give warehousing clients the assurance that their inventory is being stored under conditions that meet a baseline for safety and quality retention. The FDA does not certify or approve facilities; rather, it keeps a registry of facilities that maintain these conditions. Occasional inspections by the FDA verify that a warehouse is in compliance.
FDA registration is required for storing cosmetics, nonperishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. An organization that ships these products to customers must use a fulfillment provider that is FDA registered.
Spectra is proud to serve many clients with products and materials that have special handling requirements, going above and beyond the basic needs for FDA registered warehousing. We can implement special procedures such as spot testing that allow clients to maintain the internal requirements for treatment of their products from receiving to shipping.
Proven Fulfillment Practices
Why Choose FDA Registered Warehousing
Do you need inventory management and shipping services that are FDA registered? Here’s how you know.
Your products are temperature sensitive.
Spectra’s climate controlled facility is kept within normal temperature ranges, avoiding hot and cold extremes.
You ship nonperishable food.
Our receiving processes, inventory management, and shipping protocols are compliant with your stipulations.
Your products are medical devices.
These high value, sensitive devices must be handled according to strict guidelines to maintain quality.
FDA registered warehousing is required for compliance.
Our facility is inspected for compliance by FDA representatives.
You want to make sure your inventory is protected.
Pest prevention and other controls keep your inventory from being lost or damaged.
You value quality in fulfillment for your products.
FDA registration is just one part of our commitment to giving our clients excellent service.
Defining FDA registration
What Does FDA Registered Really Mean?
It’s important to know what this designation means for the treatment of your products.
- Warehousing Term
- Cold Storage
- Nonperishable Food
- Sanitation
- Cosmetics
- Regulated
- What It Means
- Capability for keeping food and drugs refrigerated or freezing
- Canned and other shelf stable foods (not refrigerated/frozen)
- Basic cleaning protocols and standards
- Beauty and personal care products that are sensitive to environmental extremes
- Products that have specific rules for handling and shipping
- Spectra’s Solutions
- Spectra is NOT a cold storage facility.
- Registered for storing and shipping nonperishable food products
- Compliant with and exceed sanitation expectations
- Regularly provide safe, high quality fulfillment for cosmetic products
- Can warehouse some regulated products. Ask us about specifics.
What You Get
Services in Our FDA Registered Fulfillment Center
Expert Management
Our team comes to your project with many years of experience.
- Quality control procedures
- Structured processes
- Creative problem solving
Spot Testing Capability
Know that your product is retaining its quality.
- Provide us with your testing requirements
- Written into your monthly contract
- Documentation executed and filed
Labeling Services
Trust our team to carry out your labeling requirements.
- In-house print facility
- Compliance with your SOPs
- Versatility in format, size, and other factors
Climate Control
Protect the integrity of your sensitive products.
- Pest prevention measures
- Sanitary practices
- Environment closely managed
Industry Knowledge
We have a history of success with many different fields.
- Medical device storage
- Cosmetics and beauty products
- Vitamins and supplements
White Glove Fulfillment
We are willing to implement highly specific protocols.
- Dictate how your inventory is handled.
- Specific kitting/pick and pack requests honored
- Special packaging materials available
Spectra’s Facility
Our FDA registered fulfillment center is kept clean, secure, and meticulously organized.
Give your products the care they deserve.
Experienced warehousing team
Climate control
Inspection and testing services
Secure environment
Proven quality assurance methods
Pick and pack expertise
Compliance Requirements
Do you need FDA registered warehousing?
Spectra serves clients across the range of industries that require secure, clean warehousing.
Leave behind concerns about…
- Promises that don’t measure up to reality
- Product being left vulnerable to moisture or temperature extremes
- Damage to inventory by careless or inexperienced team members
- Inability to perform necessary testing and quality checks
- Facility failing an FDA registration audit
Instead, trust Spectra to…
- Follow through on claims, with 24+ years of reputation
- Treat your products as carefully as you do
- Bring decades of expertise to your warehousing project
- Clearly delineate and adhere to special testing requests
- Maintain an organized, clean facility
Client Testimonials
Relocating warehousing and fulfillment operations from South Florida to Spectra in South Carolina has been a beneficial decision for GOLD. I greatly appreciate the accessibility of Walter Kohn, the owner, as well as the solution-focused approach of Amber Watts, the COO. Interactions with the Spectra team are always positive. Tasks such as fulfillment, inventory inspections, receiving of containers, and handling special requests are executed with efficiency. Spectra has truly become a valuable extension of the GOLD team.
Debbie Powell
Director of Business Operations
Gold Professional
We have worked with Spectra for a number of years, and they continue to provide seamless solutions for our promotional items and branded apparel for our client, Cadence. The built, host and maintain a user-friendly storefront that enables our team to connect and collaborate. Ordering is effortless, and our branded materials arrive promptly, when and where we need them, all over the world.
Barbara Benjamin
Director of Client Services
HighPointe Communications
As an operator and investor, I’ve led transitions in growth-stage and established businesses, and I know firsthand that execution during an ownership change can either preserve momentum or erode enterprise value. We anticipated usual integration and transition complexity with our partnership of Secret Stories®, a research-aligned phonics supplement serving 100k+ educators and districts nationwide. The right print and fulfillment partner is critical in maintaining continuity, as well as protecting customer experience and growth. From day one, Spectra delivered. They ensured seamless fulfillment and maintained brand-level pick-and-pack standards while we executed a transition from WooCommerce to Shopify, along with other operational changes to improve customer experience with no disruption to customers. That kind of operational consistency is essential when you’re managing change and scaling at the same time. I view Spectra as a true partner and extension of our team. Their design and product development support helped us strengthen our product and elevate the brand across the board to further support educators and districts. The follow a golden rule that is less customary today, but they do what they say they are going to do and what is more, leave when the job is finished, not when the clock says. Their contributions have helped us expand and better serve our existing educators and literacy initiatives nationwide. I would highly recommend Spectra to any organization, especially customer-centric or growth-oriented teams looking to scale thoughtfully while maintaining operational excellence, customer continuity, and brand integrity.
Nathan Haas
President
Novel Minds, LLC
To increase sales, we approached Spectra with a request to develop materials to educate, market and advertise the “Own the Wheel Well” program in service centers. Spectra collaborated with NAPA on this project from rom introduction to registration of the program kits included a website for stores to register for the program, videos, printed collateral, promotional items and signage were that would carry the NAPA and OTWW brand to service centers. Spectra really understood the NAPA brand and became an extension of our marketing team for this project.
Tracy Campbell
Major Account Sales Manager
APG/NAPA Auto Parts
Over the past 10 years, Spectra was able to provide, promotional products, branded apparel, print, mail and fulfillment services for Chernoff/Newman’s clients. The deliverables they provided were always explained and produced in a very professional manner day in and day out. They are laser focused on quality and deadlines which is paramount for our business. We have not begun to tap all of Spectra’s expertise in e-commerce sites and the ability to manufacture and procure products, warehouse, and distribute to B2B and B2C customers with dashboard communications all driven from world-class technology. It is no doubt they are well positioned to manage any requirement for corporations, government entities and non-profits.
David Anderson
Vice Chairman
Chernoff Newman
Integrating with Spectra allowed us to continue using our inventory and order management system, while growing our order volume. Now we can easily control and access orders as they are placed, fulfilled and shipped.
David Efraim
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Avulux
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I conduct a pilot program to see how Spectra works?
A pilot program is a perfect way to learn how your organization and Spectra will work as a team. Schedule a consultation today and get the process started!
Q: My products require specific packaging and labeling when shipped. Can I stipulate those terms?
Yes, Spectra complies with each client’s requests and conducts quality controls to make sure they are implemented.
Q: Can Spectra store and ship pharmaceutical products?
Pharmaceuticals are a complex category, and it is best to have a consultation to discuss whether we can store your specific product. We do not provide cold storage, but we are an FDA registered fulfillment center.
