---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 117.95"
title: "21"
number: "117.95"
heading: "Holding and distribution of human food by-products for use as animal food."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/117.95"
---

# §117.95. Holding and distribution of human food by-products for use as animal food.

- (a) Human food by-products held for distribution as animal food without additional manufacturing or processing by the human food processor, as identified in [§ 507.12](/cfr/21/507.12.md) of this chapter, must be held under conditions that will protect against contamination, including the following:
  - (1) Containers and equipment used to convey or hold human food by-products for use as animal food before distribution must be designed, constructed of appropriate material, cleaned as necessary, and maintained to protect against the contamination of human food by-products for use as animal food;
  - (2) Human food by-products for use as animal food held for distribution must be held in a way to protect against contamination from sources such as trash; and
  - (3) During holding, human food by-products for use as animal food must be accurately identified.
- (b) Labeling that identifies the by-product by the common or usual name must be affixed to or accompany human food by-products for use as animal food when distributed.
- (c) Shipping containers (e.g., totes, drums, and tubs) and bulk vehicles used to distribute human food by-products for use as animal food must be examined prior to use to protect against contamination of the human food by-products for use as animal food from the container or vehicle when the facility is responsible for transporting the human food by-products for use as animal food itself or arranges with a third party to transport the human food by-products for use as animal food.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 56337, Sept. 17, 2015]

### 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.

### Amendments

[80 FR 56337, Sept. 17, 2015]