The Office of Regulatory Affairs Data Exchange (ORA DX) is a unified platform to securely share information between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state and local regulatory partners. Under FDA's efforts to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act, the ORA DX mission is to streamline submission of food safety regulatory data and support timely decision-making by providing access to relevant inventory, sample, and inspection information.
Participation in the ORA DX provides regulatory partners with the following benefits:
- Increases efficient electronic data exchange between FDA and regulatory partners
- Increases collaboration and the support of the FDA vision for Mutual Reliance
- Reduces dual data entry in regulatory partner system and FDA system
The ORA DX consists of two systems that facilitate secure, electronic data exchange: the ORA Partners Portal (ORAPP) and the National Food Safety Data Exchange (NFSDX). ORAPP is a website that allows FDA regulatory partners to view and submit regulatory data through a comprehensive web-based user interface. NFSDX is a system-to-system web service that provides bi-directional communication between FDA IT systems and regulatory partner IT systems. Also available is the Enhanced DX Client, a downloadable desktop application that allows regulatory partners to submit sample data to FDA.

Recent Releases
Release 8.1 – Contracted Inspection Attachments (January 2021)
- NFSDX – Regulatory partners can:
- Submit attachments for an inspection
- Delete attachments from an inspection
- Retrieve a list of attachments associated with an inspection
Release 8.0 – State Collected Samples (December 2020)
- ORAPP – Regulatory partners can:
- Upload Sample Collection data files for samples collected by regulatory partners/laboratories
Note: an Excel template and guidance materials are provided (via download) to regulatory partners to support the creation of the Sample Collection data files.
- NFSDX & Enhanced DX Client – Regulatory partners can:
- Submit Sample Collection data for samples collected by regulatory partners/laboratories
Release 7.0 – FDA Collected Samples (August 2020)
- ORAPP – Regulatory partners/laboratories can:
- Upload Sample Receipt and Analysis data files
Note: an Excel template and guidance materials are provided (via download) to regulatory partners to support the creation of the Sample Receipt and Analysis data files.
- NFSDX & Enhanced DX Client – Regulatory partners/laboratories can:
- Submit Sample Receipt and Analysis data