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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.15.04.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="04" heading="Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls.">
  <text>The person-in-charge:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Is exempt from this regulation if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>They meet the definition of a qualified facility in 21 CFR §117.3; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>They meet the qualifications defined in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>21 CFR §§117.5—117.8;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>21 CFR §117.201;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>21 CFR §§117.251—117.287; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>21 CFR §117.315(a)(2);</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Shall ensure that a food safety plan:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is prepared, implemented, and managed by one or more individuals qualified in preventative controls;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is signed and dated by the owner, operator, or agent in charge:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Upon initial completion;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>When any modification takes place; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>At least once every 3 years;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Includes a written hazard analysis that identifies all known and reasonably likely to occur biological, chemical, and physical hazards associated with each type of food manufactured in the plant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Includes written procedures for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Preventive controls;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Process controls with parameters and values;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Allergen controls;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Sanitation controls;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Other controls necessary as identified in the hazard analysis;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Monitoring and record keeping for each preventive control identified in the hazard analysis that include an adequate frequency to control the hazard;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Corrective actions that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Identify and correct the problem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Reduce the likelihood the problem will recur;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Evaluate all affected food for safety; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Prevent all affected food from entering commerce;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Verification activities that ensure that the preventive controls are consistently implemented and are effectively and significantly minimizing or preventing the hazards;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Validation for process controls;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>A supply chain program that complies with 21 CFR §§117.405—117.475 if the receiving facility has identified a hazard requiring a supply-chain-applied control; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>A recall plan for a food with a hazard requiring a preventive control, that includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Maintaining accurate records to identify the initial distribution of the food;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Direct notification of the consignees of the food being recalled, including how to return or dispose of the affected food;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Public notification about any hazard presented by the food when appropriate to protect public health; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Effectiveness checks to account for all products affected;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Is implemented to prevent, eliminate, or reduce to an acceptable level, all identified hazards;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Includes records that document implementation of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The food safety plan monitoring;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Corrective actions; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Supply chain, verification, validation, and applicable training for the preventive controls qualified individual and the qualified auditor;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Includes that records of monitoring and corrective actions are reviewed by a preventive controls qualified individual within 7 working days after the records are created, or within a reasonable time frame; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Includes that records of verification activities are reviewed within a reasonable time by a preventive controls qualified individual; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Shall ensure that a processing plant complies with the 21 CFR §§117.136—117.137 and 117.335 if results of the hazard analysis determine the facility is not required to implement preventive controls for a food item.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>