21 CFR 117.126
§ 117.126 Food safety plan.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 117.126, § 117.126 Food safety plan, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/84395
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(a) Requirement for a food safety plan.
(1) You must prepare, or have prepared, and implement a written food safety plan.
(2) The food safety plan must be prepared, or its preparation overseen, by one or more preventive controls qualified individuals.
(b) Contents of a food safety plan. The written food safety plan must include:
(1) The written hazard analysis as required by § 117.130(a)(2);
(2) The written preventive controls as required by § 117.135(b);
(3) The written supply-chain program as required by subpart G of this part;
(4) The written recall plan as required by § 117.139(a); and
(5) The written procedures for monitoring the implementation of the preventive controls as required by § 117.145(a);
(6) The written corrective action procedures as required by § 117.150(a)(1); and
(7) The written verification procedures as required by § 117.165(b).
(c) Records. The food safety plan required by this section is a record that is subject to the requirements of subpart F of this part.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.