subpart_subject: "Accreditation of Third-Party Certification Bodies To Conduct Food Safety Audits and To Issue Certifications"
section_number: "1.666"
section_subject: "How do I request reaccreditation?"
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1.666"
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)Application following withdrawal. FDA will reinstate the accreditation of a third-party certification body for which it has withdrawn accreditation:
(1)If, in the case of direct accreditation, FDA determines, based on evidence presented by the third-party certification body, that the third-party certification body satisfies the applicable requirements of this subpart and adequate grounds for withdrawal no longer exist; or
(2)In the case of a third-party certification body accredited by an accreditation body for which recognition has been revoked under § 1.634:
(i)If the third-party certification body becomes accredited by another recognized accreditation body or by FDA through direct accreditation no later than 1 year after withdrawal of accreditation, or the original date of the expiration of accreditation, whichever comes first; or
(ii)Under such conditions as FDA may impose in withdrawing accreditation.
(b)Application following voluntary relinquishment. A third-party certification body that previously relinquished its accreditation under § 1.665 may seek accreditation by submitting a new application for accreditation under § 1.660 or, where applicable, § 1.670.