---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 117.415"
title: "21"
number: "117.415"
heading: "Responsibilities of the receiving facility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/117.415"
---

# §117.415. Responsibilities of the receiving facility.

- (a)
  - (1) The receiving facility must approve suppliers.
  - (2) Except as provided by paragraphs [(a)(3)](#a-3) and [(4)](#a-4) of this section, the receiving facility must determine and conduct appropriate supplier verification activities, and satisfy all documentation requirements of this subpart.
  - (3) An entity other than the receiving facility may do any of the following, provided that the receiving facility reviews and assesses the entity's applicable documentation, and documents that review and assessment:
    - (i) Establish written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients by the entity;
    - (ii) Document that written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients are being followed by the entity; and
    - (iii) Determine, conduct, or both determine and conduct the appropriate supplier verification activities, with appropriate documentation.
  - (4) The supplier may conduct and document sampling and testing of raw materials and other ingredients, for the hazard controlled by the supplier, as a supplier verification activity for a particular lot of product and provide such documentation to the receiving facility, provided that the receiving facility reviews and assesses that documentation, and documents that review and assessment.
- (b) For the purposes of this subpart, a receiving facility may not accept any of the following as a supplier verification activity:
  - (1) A determination by its supplier of the appropriate supplier verification activities for that supplier;
  - (2) An audit conducted by its supplier;
  - (3) A review by its supplier of that supplier's own relevant food safety records; or
  - (4) The conduct by its supplier of other appropriate supplier verification activities for that supplier within the meaning of [§ 117.410(b)(4)](/cfr/21/117.410.md?p=b-4).
- (c) The requirements of this section do not prohibit a receiving facility from relying on an audit provided by its supplier when the audit of the supplier was conducted by a third-party qualified auditor in accordance with §§ [117.430(f)](/cfr/21/117.430.md?p=f) and [117.435](/cfr/21/117.435.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 343, 350d note, 350g, 350g note, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 56145, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.