21 CFR Part 117 connects food manufacturing practices with hazard analysis and preventive controls. This topic follows developments relevant to microbiology teams supporting food safety plans, sanitation programs, and investigations. If your laboratory supports a food facility, begin each update by checking which activities and products the official source addresses. A change affecting a manufacturer may influence the evidence it requests from a contract laboratory without applying to every laboratory in the same way. Read the source date, document status, and any stated compliance date separately. The entries below identify the primary source and explain potential laboratory implications so teams can discuss sampling, analytical work, and documentation in the context of their own operations.
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FDA released a draft Chapter 12 on controlling chemical hazards for its Part 117 preventive controls guidance, with comments due January 21, 2027.
FDA says a Dreyer's ice cream cone plant in California had years of Listeria findings, yet its hazard analysis did not require sanitation controls.
FDA posted a warning letter to Tipical Latin Food, Corp. (La Pradera), a Florida maker of ready-to-eat cheeses, for having no food safety plan.
