---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 507.12"
title: "21"
number: "507.12"
heading: "Applicability of this part to the holding and distribution of human food by-products for use as animal food."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/507.12"
---

# §507.12. Applicability of this part to the holding and distribution of human food by-products for use as animal food.

- (a) Except as provided by [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the requirements of this part do not apply to by-products of human food production, or the off-farm packing and holding of raw agricultural commodities, that are packed or held by that human food facility for distribution as animal food if:
  - (1)
    - (i) The human food facility is subject to and in compliance with [subpart B of part 117](/cfr/21/part117-subpartB.md) of this chapter and in compliance with all applicable human food safety requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and implementing regulations; or
    - (ii) For the off-farm packing and holding of produce (as defined in [part 112](/cfr/21/part112.md) of this chapter), the human food facility is subject to and in compliance with [§ 117.8](/cfr/21/117.8.md) of this chapter and in compliance with all applicable human food safety requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and implementing regulations; and
  - (2) The human food facility does not further manufacture or process the by-products intended for use as animal food.
- (b) The human food by-products for use as animal food identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be held and distributed by that facility in accordance with §§ [507.28](/cfr/21/507.28.md) and [117.95](/cfr/21/117.95.md) of this chapter.

## 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 56337, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.