subpart_subject: "Accreditation of Third-Party Certification Bodies To Conduct Food Safety Audits and To Issue Certifications"
section_number: "1.643"
section_subject: "What protections against conflicts of interest must a third-party certification body have to qualify for accreditation?"
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1.643"
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 third-party certification body must demonstrate that it has:
(a)Implemented written measures to protect against conflicts of interest between the third-party certification body (and its officers, employees, and other agents involved in auditing and certification activities) and clients seeking examinations or certification from, or audited or certified by, such third-party certification body; and
(b)The capability to meet the conflict of interest requirements in § 1.657, if accredited.