[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR318.307]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 318--ENTRY INTO OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; REINSPECTION AND PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart G--Canning and Canned Products
 
Sec. 318.307  Record review and maintenance.

    (a) Process records. Charts from temperature/time recording devices 
shall be identified by production date, container code, processing 
vessel number or other designation, and other data as necessary to 
enable correlation with the records required in Sec. 318.306. Each entry 
on a record shall be made at the time the specific event occurs, and the 
recording individual shall sign or initial each record form. No later 
than 1 working day after the actual process, the establishment shall 
review all

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processing and production records to ensure completeness and to 
determine if all product received the process schedule. All records, 
including the temperature/time recorder charts and critical factor 
control records, shall be signed or initialed and dated by the person 
conducting the review. All processing and production records required in 
this subpart shall be made available to Program employees for review.
    (b) Automated process monitoring and recordkeeping. Automated 
process monitoring and recordkeeping systems shall be designed and 
operated in a manner that will ensure compliance with the applicable 
requirements of Sec. 318.306.
    (c) Container closure records. Written records of all container 
closure examinations shall specify the container code, the date and time 
of container closure examination, the measurement(s) obtained, and any 
corrective actions taken. Records shall be signed or initialed by the 
container closure technician and shall be reviewed and signed by the 
establishment within 1 working day after the actual production to ensure 
that the records are complete and that the closing operations have been 
properly controlled. All container closure examination records required 
in this subpart shall be made available to Program employees for review.
    (d) Distribution of product. Records shall be maintained by the 
establishment identifying initial distribution of the finished product 
to facilitate, if necessary, the segregation of specific production lots 
that may have been contaminated or are otherwise unsound for their 
intended use.
    (e) Retention of records. Copies of all processing and production 
records required in Sec. 318.306 shall be retained for no less than 1 
year at the establishment, and for an additional 2 years at the 
establishment or other location from which the records can be made 
available to Program employees within 3 working days.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0583-0015)

[51 FR 45619, Dec. 19, 1986, as amended at 65 FR 34389, May 30, 2000]