---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 507.31"
title: "21"
number: "507.31"
heading: "Food safety plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/507.31"
---

# §507.31. Food safety plan.

- (a) You must prepare, or have prepared, and implement a written food safety plan.
- (b) One or more preventive controls qualified individuals must prepare, or oversee the preparation of, the food safety plan.
- (c) The written food safety plan must include:
  - (1) The written hazard analysis as required by [§ 507.33(a)(2)](/cfr/21/507.33.md?p=a-2);
  - (2) The written preventive controls as required by [§ 507.34(b)](/cfr/21/507.34.md?p=b);
  - (3) The written supply-chain program as required by subpart E of this part;
  - (4) The written recall plan as required by [§ 507.38(a)(1)](/cfr/21/507.38.md?p=a-1);
  - (5) The written procedures for monitoring the implementation of the preventive controls as required by [§ 507.40(a)](/cfr/21/507.40.md?p=a);
  - (6) The written corrective action procedures as required by [§ 507.42(a)(1)](/cfr/21/507.42.md?p=a-1); and
  - (7) The written verification procedures as required by [§ 507.49(b)](/cfr/21/507.49.md?p=b).
- (d) The food safety plan required by this section is a record that is subject to the requirements of subpart F of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 56337, Sept. 17, 2015, as amended at 84 FR 12491, Apr. 2, 2019]

### 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.

### Amendments

[80 FR 56337, Sept. 17, 2015, as amended at 84 FR 12491, Apr. 2, 2019]