21 CFR § 117.93 - Warehousing and distribution.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s117.93"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 117.93 - Warehousing and distribution."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "117.93"
section_name: "Warehousing and distribution."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "117"
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# 117.93 Warehousing and distribution.

Storage and transportation of food must be under conditions that will protect against allergen cross-contact and against biological, chemical (including radiological), and physical contamination of food, as well as against deterioration of the food and the container.