What does 21 CFR part 110 cover?

21 CFR part 110 is Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food. It runs to 11 sections across 5 subparts and sits in subchapter B of chapter I, Food for Human Consumption.

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21 CFR Part 110: Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food

Part 110 of title 21 runs to 11 sections across 5 subparts, and sits in subchapter B, Food for Human Consumption. Every section is reproduced in full and is current to 2026-09-10.

Sections: 11
Subparts: 5
Words of regulation: 5,543
Current to: 2026-09-10

Subpart A: General Provisions

Subpart B: Buildings and Facilities

Subpart C: Equipment

110.40 Equipment and utensils7

Subpart E: Production and Process Controls

Subpart G: Defect Action Levels

110.110 Natural or unavoidable defects in food for human use that present no health hazard5

Read 21 CFR part 110 at the eCFR · All of 21 CFR for food safety

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What does 21 CFR part 110 cover?: 21 CFR part 110 is Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food. It runs to 11 sections across 5 subparts and sits in subchapter B of chapter I, Food for Human Consumption.

Every section of part 110 is a clause somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.

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Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.