---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.611"
title: "21"
number: "1.611"
heading: "What legal authority must an accreditation body have to qualify for recognition?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.611"
---

# §1.611. What legal authority must an accreditation body have to qualify for recognition?

- (a) An accreditation body seeking recognition must demonstrate that it has the authority (as a governmental entity or as a legal entity with contractual rights) to perform assessments of a third-party certification body as are necessary to determine its capability to conduct audits and certify food facilities and food, including authority to:
  - (1) Review any relevant records;
  - (2) Conduct onsite assessments of the performance of third-party certification bodies, such as by witnessing the performance of a representative sample of its agents (or, in the case of a third-party certification body that is an individual, such individual) conducting a representative sample of audits;
  - (3) Perform any reassessments or surveillance necessary to monitor compliance of accredited third-party certification bodies; and
  - (4) Suspend, withdraw, or reduce the scope of accreditation for failure to comply with the requirements of accreditation.
- (b) An accreditation body seeking recognition must demonstrate that it is capable of exerting the authority (as a governmental entity or as a legal entity with contractual rights) necessary to meet the applicable requirements of this subpart, if recognized.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 74650, Nov. 27, 2015, 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.