21 CFR §121.5
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- (a)This part does not apply to a very small business, except that a very small business must, upon request, provide for official review documentation sufficient to show that the facility meets this exemption. Such documentation must be retained for 2 years.
- (b)This part does not apply to the holding of food, except the holding of food in liquid storage tanks.
- (c)This part does not apply to the packing, re-packing, labeling, or re-labeling of food where the container that directly contacts the food remains intact.
- (d)This part does not apply to activities of a farm that are subject to section 419 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Standards for Produce Safety).
- (e)
- (1)This part does not apply with respect to alcoholic beverages at a facility that meets the following two conditions:
- (i)Under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) or chapter 51 of subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.) the facility is required to obtain a permit from, register with, or obtain approval of a notice or application from the Secretary of the Treasury as a condition of doing business in the United States, or is a foreign facility of a type that would require such a permit, registration, or approval if it were a domestic facility; and
- (ii)Under section 415 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act the facility is required to register as a facility because it is engaged in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding one or more alcoholic beverages.
- (2)This part does not apply with respect to food that is not an alcoholic beverage at a facility described in paragraph (e)(1) of this section, provided such food:
- (1)This part does not apply with respect to alcoholic beverages at a facility that meets the following two conditions:
- (f)This part does not apply to the manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding of food for animals other than man.
- (g)This part does not apply to on-farm manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding of the following foods on a farm mixed-type facility, when conducted by a small or very small business if such activities are the only activities conducted by the business subject to section 418 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.