Establishment Review of Product Production Records

The Food Safety and Inspection Service is publishing this document to provide information to owners and operators of federally inspected establishments about what actions they must take to comply with the requirement, in the hazard analysis and critical control point system regulations, to review the records associated with production of a product prior to its shipment for distribution. The regulations do not prescribe how establishments meet this requirement and, thus, are sufficiently flexible to accommodate various records' review schemes. However, establishments must determine that all critical limits were met and, when appropriate, that corrective actions were taken. Establishments must also ensure the completeness of their records before shipping the product for distribution.