subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "507"
part_subject: "CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE, HAZARD ANALYSIS, AND RISK-BASED PREVENTIVE CONTROLS FOR FOOD FOR ANIMALS"
subpart_code: "C"
subpart_subject: "Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls"
section_number: "507.38"
section_subject: "Recall plan."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 507.38"
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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(a)For animal food with a hazard requiring a preventive control you must:
(1)Establish a written recall plan for the animal food; and
(2)Assign responsibility for performing all procedures in the recall plan.
(b)The written recall plan must include procedures that describe the steps to perform the following actions as appropriate to the facility:
(1)Directly notify direct consignees about the animal food being recalled, including how to return or dispose of the affected animal food;
(2)Notify the public about any hazard presented by the animal food when appropriate to protect human and animal health;
(3)Conduct effectiveness checks to verify the recall has been carried out; and
(4)Appropriately dispose of recalled animal food, e.g., through reprocessing, reworking, diverting to another use that would not present a safety concern, or destroying the animal food.