Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department › Inspections Division › Chapter 31 - Food Establishment and Food Processing Plant Inspections › Rule 481-31.2 - Inspection Standards for Food Processing Plants

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following are the inspection standards for food
				  processing plants including food storage facilities.
(1)
Definitions.
For the
				purposes of this rule, the following definitions shall apply. The definitions
				of "food," "label," "labeling," and "dietary supplement" are as defined in 21
				U.S.C. Section 321.
(2)
Prohibited acts.
The prohibited acts identified in 21 U.S.C.
				Section 331(a) to (f), (k), and (v) shall also be prohibited acts in
				Iowa.
(3)
Stop
				sale.
Any article of food that is adulterated or misbranded when
				introduced into commerce may be embargoed until such a time as the adulteration
				or misbranding is remedied or the product is destroyed. The action is
				immediate, but the licensee may appeal the decision following the process
				outlined in rules 481-30.11 (10A,137C,137F) and
				481-34.14 (137D).
(4)
Standards for food.
If a standard that has been adopted for a
				food is adopted pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 341 (2012), the standard shall be
				met.
(5)
Adulterated
				food.
See rules
				481-31.3 (137F) and
				481-34.5 (137D).
(6)
Misbranded food.
A food
				shall be misbranded if it is found in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 343
				(2012).
(7)
New dietary
				ingredients.
New dietary ingredients shall comply with the process in
				21 U.S.C. Section 350(b) (2012) or shall be deemed adulterated.
(8)
Records.
Records shall
				be made available at minimum to the extent required under 21 U.S.C. Section 373
				(2012) for all interstate and intrastate food.
(9)
Adoption of Code of Federal
				Regulations.
The following parts of the Code of Federal Regulations
				(April 1, 2021) are adopted:
a. 21 CFR Part 1,
				Sections 1.20 to 1.24 and Subpart O, Sections 1.900 to
				1.934(labeling).
b. 21 CFR Part 7,
				Sections
				7.1 to
				7.13
				and 7.40 to 7.59 (guaranty and recalls).
c. 21 CFR Part 70, Sections 70.20 to 70.25
				(labeling requirements for colors).
d. 21 CFR Part 73, Sections
				73.1 to
				73.615 (color additives exempt from certification).
e. 21 CFR Part 74.101 to 74.706 (listing of
				color additives subject to certification).
f. 21 CFR Part 81, general specifications and
				general restrictions for provisional color additives for use in foods, drugs,
				and cosmetics.
g. 21 CFR Part 82,
				Sections 82.3 to 82.706 (certified provisionally listed colors and
				specifications).
h. 21 CFR Part
				100, Section 100.155 (specific provisions for salt and iodized salt).
i. 21 CFR Part 101, except Sections 101.69
				and 101.108 (food labeling).
j. 21
				CFR Part 102, except Section 102.19 (common or usual name for nonstandard
				food).
k. 21 CFR Part 104,
				nutritional quality guidelines for foods.
l. 21 CFR Part 105, food for special dietary
				use.
m. 21 CFR Part 106, except
				Section 106.120 (infant formula quality control procedures).
n. 21 CFR Part 107, except Sections 107.200
				to 107.280 (infant formula labeling).
o. 21 CFR Part 108, Sections 108.25 to 108.35
				(exceptions for when a permit is not required, acidified and thermal processing
				of low-acid foods packaged in hermetically sealed containers).
p. 21 CFR Part 109, unavoidable contaminants
				in food for human consumption and food-packaging material.
q. 21 CFR Part 110, current good
				manufacturing practice in manufacturing, packing or holding human
				food.
r. 21 CFR Part 111, current
				good manufacturing practice in manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding
				operations for dietary supplements.
s. 21 CFR Part 113, thermally processed
				low-acid food packaged in hermetically sealed containers.
t. 21 CFR Part 114, acidified
				foods.
u. 21 CFR Part 115, shell
				eggs.
v. 21 CFR Part 117, current
				good manufacturing practice and hazard analysis and risk-based preventive
				controls for human food shall apply, with the following exceptions:
(1) Qualified facilities, as defined in 21
				CFR 117, shall not include food processing plants manufacturing foods for
				interstate commerce or for use as an ingredient to other foods.
(2) Warehousing operations located on the
				premises of residences that store food for sale directly to a consumer customer
				or at a farmers market shall comply with subparts A, B, and F of 21 CFR
				117.
w. 21 CFR Part 118,
				production, storage and transportation of shell eggs.
x. 21 CFR Part 120, hazard analysis and
				critical control point (HACCP) systems (juice).
y. 21 CFR Part 123, fish and fisheries
				products (seafood).
z. 21 CFR Part
				129, processing and bottling of bottled drinking water.
aa. 21 CFR Part 130, except Sections 130.5,
				130.6 and 130.17, food standards: general.
ab. 21 CFR Part 131, milk and
				cream.
ac. 21 CFR Part 133, cheeses
				and related cheese products.
ad. 21
				CFR Part 135, frozen desserts.
ae.
				21 CFR Part 136, bakery products.
af. 21 CFR Part 137, cereal flours and
				related products.
ag. 21 CFR Part
				139, macaroni and noodle products.
ah. 21 CFR Part 145, canned fruits.
ai. 21 CFR Part 146, canned fruit
				juices.
aj. 21 CFR Part 150, fruit
				butters, jellies, preserves, and related products.
ak. 21 CFR Part 152, fruit pies.
al. 21 CFR Part 155 (canned
				vegetables).
am. 21 CFR Part 156,
				vegetable juices.
an. 21 CFR Part
				158, frozen vegetables.
ao. 21 CFR
				Part 160, egg and egg products.
ap.
				21 CFR Part 161, fish and shellfish.
aq. 21 CFR Part 163, cacao
				products.
ar. 21 CFR Part 164, tree
				nut and peanut products.
as. 21 CFR
				Part 165, beverages.
at. 21 CFR
				Part 166, margarine.
au. 21 CFR
				Part 168, sweeteners and table syrups.
av. 21 CFR Part 169, food dressings and
				flavorings.
aw. 21 CFR Part 170,
				except Sections
				170.6,
				170.15, and 170.17, food additives.
ax. 21 CFR Part 172, food additives permitted
				for direct addition to food for human consumption.
ay. 21 CFR Part 173, secondary direct food
				additives permitted in food for human consumption.
az. 21 CFR Part 174, indirect food additives:
				general.
ba. 21 CFR Part 175,
				indirect food additives: adhesives and components of coatings.
bb. 21 CFR Part 176, indirect food additives:
				paper and paperboard components.
bc. 21 CFR Part 177, indirect food additives:
				polymers.
bd. 21 CFR Part 178,
				indirect food additives: adjuvants, production aids, and sanitizers.
be. 21 CFR Part 180, food additives permitted
				in food or in contact with food on an interim basis pending additional
				study.
bf. 21 CFR Part 181,
				prior-sanctioned food ingredients.
bg. 21 CFR Part 182, substances generally
				recognized as safe.
bh. 21 CFR Part
				184, direct food substances affirmed as generally recognized as safe.
bi. 21 CFR Part 186, indirect food substances
				affirmed as generally recognized as safe.
bj. 21 CFR Part 189, substances prohibited
				from use in human food.
bk. 21 CFR
				Part 190, dietary supplements.