CFR section
21 CFR 113.87(b): Operations in the thermal processing room
PART 113-THERMALLY PROCESSED LOW-ACID FOODS PACKAGED IN HERMETICALLY SEALED CONTAINERS · Subpart E-Production and Process Controls
Key facts
| Citation | 21 CFR 113.87(b) |
|---|---|
| Section | Operations in the thermal processing room |
| Part | PART 113-THERMALLY PROCESSED LOW-ACID FOODS PACKAGED IN HERMETICALLY SEALED CONTAINERS |
| Subpart | Subpart E-Production and Process Controls |
| Subchapter | 21 CFR B Food |
| Product types cited | Food/Cosmetics, Veterinary |
| Regulation text (excerpt) | (b) A system for product traffic control in the retort room shall be established to prevent unretorted product from bypassing the retort process. Each retort basket, truck, car, or crate used to hold containers in a retort, or one or more containers therein, shall, if it contains any retorted food product, be plainly and conspicuously marked with a heat-sensitive indicator, or by other effective means that will indicate visually, to thermal processing personnel, those units that have been… |
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