[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR318.307]



[Page 300-301]

 

                  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]