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title: "21 CFR §500.23"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-500.23"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "6"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "E"

subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"

part_code: "500"

part_subject: "GENERAL"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"

section_number: "500.23"

section_subject: "Thermally processed low-acid foods packaged in hermetically sealed containers."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 500.23"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 500 to 599"

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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Except as provided in § 507.5(b) of this chapter, the provisions of parts 507 and 113 of this chapter apply to the manufacturing, processing, or packing of low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers, and intended for use as food for animals.

§500.23 - Thermally processed low-acid foods packaged in hermetically sealed containers.