---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.345"
title: "21"
number: "1.345"
heading: "What information must nontransporters establish and maintain to identify the nontransporter and transporter immediate subsequent recipients of food?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.345"
---

# §1.345. What information must nontransporters establish and maintain to identify the nontransporter and transporter immediate subsequent recipients of food?

- (a) If you are a nontransporter, you must establish and maintain the following records for food you release:
  - (1) The name of the firm, address, telephone number, and, if available, the fax number and e-mail address of the nontransporter immediate subsequent recipient, whether domestic or foreign;
  - (2) An adequate description of the type of food released, to include brand name and specific variety (e.g., brand x cheddar cheese, not just cheese; or romaine lettuce, not just lettuce);
  - (3) The date you released the food;
  - (4) For persons who manufacture, process, or pack food, the lot or code number or other identifier of the food (to the extent this information exists);
  - (5) The quantity and how the food is packaged (e.g., 6 count bunches, 25 lb carton, 12 oz bottle, 100 gal tank);
  - (6) The name of the firm, address, telephone number, and, if available, the fax number and e-mail address of the transporter immediate subsequent recipient (the transporter who transported the food from you); and
- (b) Your records must include information reasonably available to you to identify the specific source of each ingredient used to make every lot of finished product.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 69 FR 71651, Dec. 9, 2004, 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.