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Guidance for Industry: Clarification on Food Establishment Waiver from Requirements of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule

FinalCenter for Veterinary Medicine Human Foods Program08/01/2017

Description

This guidance is intended for those persons who are subject to the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule (81 FR 20091), published on April 6, 2016. Specifically, this guidance provides clarification on the scope of the waiver for food establishments that provide food directly to consumers from the requirements of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule (the food establishment waiver) in response to questions the Agency has received since publication of the final rule.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

2
Animal Food

Food intended for animal consumption subject to Part 507; Food for animal consumption manufactured, processed, packed, or held; Subject of the preventive controls regulation; Product manufactured by contract feed mills

Human Food

Food intended for human consumption subject to Part 117; Food manufactured, processed, packed, or held

Stakeholders

6
Carrier

A truck or transport vehicle holding food only in its usual course of business

Shipper

Person who arranges for the transportation of food; Entity responsible for establishing written procedures and specifications; A person who arranges for the transportation of food

Receiver

The entity for which the identifier is unique in the Batch Sender Identifier field.

Nonprofit Food Establishment

A charitable entity that prepares or serves food directly to the consumer.

Restaurant

Includes pet shelters, kennels, and veterinary facilities providing food to animals.; Establishment that prepares and sells food for immediate consumption

Retail Food Establishment

Businesses that provide food directly to consumers

Identified Hazards

Hazards

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unsafe for human or animal health

conditions that will be unsafe for human or animal health

Related CFR Sections (1)

Related Warning Letters (1)

  • CGMP/Food for Animals/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated

    Arrow Reliance Inc.

    2023-03-07

See Also (8)

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