---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 121.145"
title: "21"
number: "121.145"
heading: "Food defense corrective actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/121.145"
---

# §121.145. Food defense corrective actions.

- (a) **Food defense corrective action procedures.** As appropriate to the nature of the actionable process step and the nature of the mitigation strategy:
  - (1) You must establish and implement written food defense corrective action procedures that must be taken if mitigation strategies are not properly implemented.
  - (2) The food defense corrective action procedures must describe the steps to be taken to ensure that:
    - (i) Appropriate action is taken to identify and correct a problem that has occurred with implementation of a mitigation strategy; and
    - (ii) Appropriate action is taken, when necessary, to reduce the likelihood that the problem will recur.
- (b) **Records.** All food defense corrective actions taken in accordance with this section must be documented in records that are subject to food defense verification in accordance with [§ 121.150(a)(2)](/cfr/21/121.150.md?p=a-2) and records review in accordance with [§ 121.150(a)(3)(i)](/cfr/21/121.150.md?p=a-3-i).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 350g, 350(i), 371, 374.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 34219, May 27, 2016, unless otherwise noted.