21 CFR § 117.126 - Food safety plan.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s117.126"
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title: "21 CFR § 117.126 - Food safety plan."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "117.126"
section_name: "Food safety plan."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE, HAZARD ANALYSIS, AND RISK-BASED PREVENTIVE CONTROLS FOR HUMAN FOOD"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 343, 350d note, 350g, 350g note, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 56145, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 117.126 Food safety plan.

(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.

[80 FR 56145, Sept. 17, 2015, as amended at 84 FR 12491, Apr. 2, 2019]