subpart_subject: "Accreditation of Third-Party Certification Bodies To Conduct Food Safety Audits and To Issue Certifications"
section_number: "1.622"
section_subject: "How must a recognized accreditation body monitor its own performance?"
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1.622"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 99"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)A recognized accreditation body must annually, and as required under § 1.664(g), conduct a self-assessment that includes evaluation of compliance with this subpart, including:
(1)The performance of its officers, employees, or other agents involved in accreditation activities and the degree of consistency in conducting accreditation activities;
(2)The compliance of the recognized accreditation body and its officers, employees, and other agents involved in accreditation activities, with the conflict of interest requirements of § 1.624; and
(3)If requested by FDA, any other aspects of its performance relevant to a determination whether the recognized accreditation body is in compliance with this subpart.
(b)As a means to evaluate the recognized accreditation body's performance, the self-assessment must include onsite observation of regulatory audits of a representative sample of third-party certification bodies it accredited under this subpart. In meeting this requirement, the recognized accreditation body may use the results of onsite observations performed under § 1.621(b).
(c)Based on the evaluations conducted under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the recognized accreditation body must:
(2)Quickly implement corrective action(s) that effectively address those deficiencies; and
(3)Establish and maintain records of any such corrective action(s) under § 1.625.
(d)The recognized accreditation body must prepare, and as required by § 1.623(b) submit, a written report of the results of its self-assessment that includes the following elements. Documentation of conformance to ISO/IEC 17011:2004 may be used, supplemented as necessary, in meeting the requirements of this paragraph.
(1)A description of any corrective actions taken under paragraph (c) of this section;
(2)A statement disclosing the extent to which the recognized accreditation body, and its officers, employees, and other agents involved in accreditation activities, complied with the conflict of interest requirements in § 1.624; and
(3)A statement attesting to the extent to which the recognized accreditation body complied with applicable requirements of this subpart.