---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 507.38"
title: "21"
number: "507.38"
heading: "Recall plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/507.38"
---

# §507.38. Recall plan.

- (a) **For animal food with a hazard requiring a preventive control you must—**
  - (1) Establish a written recall plan for the animal food; and
  - (2) **Assign responsibility for performing all procedures in the recall plan.**
- (b) The written recall plan must include procedures that describe the steps to perform the following actions as appropriate to the facility:
  - (1) Directly notify direct consignees about the animal food being recalled, including how to return or dispose of the affected animal food;
  - (2) Notify the public about any hazard presented by the animal food when appropriate to protect human and animal health;
  - (3) Conduct effectiveness checks to verify the recall has been carried out; and
  - (4) Appropriately dispose of recalled animal food, e.g., through reprocessing, reworking, diverting to another use that would not present a safety concern, or destroying the animal food.

## 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.