---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.1350"
title: "21"
number: "1.1350"
heading: "What records must I keep when I transform a food on the Food Traceability List?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.1350"
---

# §1.1350. What records must I keep when I transform a food on the Food Traceability List?

- (a) Except as specified in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, for each new traceability lot of food you produce through transformation, you must maintain records containing the following information and linking this information to the new traceability lot:
  - (1) For the food on the Food Traceability List used in transformation (if applicable), the following information:
    - (i) The traceability lot code for the food;
    - (ii) The product description for the food to which the traceability lot code applies; and
    - (iii) **For each traceability lot used, the quantity and unit of measure of the food used from that lot.**
  - (2) **For the food produced through transformation, the following information—**
    - (i) The new traceability lot code for the food;
    - (ii) The location description for where you transformed the food (i.e., the traceability lot code source), and (if applicable) the traceability lot code source reference;
    - (iii) The date transformation was completed;
    - (iv) The product description for the food;
    - (v) The quantity and unit of measure of the food (e.g., 6 cases, 25 reusable plastic containers, 100 tanks, 200 pounds); and
    - (vi) **The reference document type and reference document number for the transformation event.**
- (b) For each traceability lot produced through transformation of a raw agricultural commodity (other than a food obtained from a fishing vessel) on the Food Traceability List that was not initially packed prior to your transformation of the food, you must maintain records containing the information specified in § [1.1330(a)](/cfr/21/1.1330.md?p=a) or [(c)](/cfr/21/1.1330.md?p=c), and, if the raw agricultural commodity is sprouts, the information specified in [§ 1.1330(b)](/cfr/21/1.1330.md?p=b).
- (c) Paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section do not apply to retail food establishments and restaurants with respect to foods they do not ship (e.g., foods they sell or send directly to consumers).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 71077, Nov. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1333, 1453, 1454, 1455, 4402; 19 U.S.C. 1490, 1491; 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335a, 342, 343, 350c, 350d, 350j, 352, 355, 360b, 360ccc, 360ccc-1, 360ccc-2, 362, 371, 374, 381, 382, 384a, 387, 387a, 387c, 393, and 2223; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241, 243, 262, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15553, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.