High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A franchise disclosure document (FDD) is a legal document which is presented to prospective buyers of franchises in the pre-sale disclosure] process in the United States. It was originally known as the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC) (or uniform franchise disclosure document), prior to revisions made by the Federal Trade Commission in July of 2007. Franchisors were given until July 1, 2008 to comply with the changes.