---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 121.126"
title: "21"
number: "121.126"
heading: "Food defense plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/121.126"
---

# §121.126. Food defense plan.

- (a) **Requirement for a food defense plan.** You must prepare, or have prepared, and implement a written food defense plan.
- (b) **Contents of a food defense plan.** The written food defense plan must include:
  - (1) The written vulnerability assessment, including required explanations, to identify significant vulnerabilities and actionable process steps as required by [§ 121.130(c)](/cfr/21/121.130.md?p=c);
  - (2) The written mitigation strategies, including required explanations, as required by [§ 121.135(b)](/cfr/21/121.135.md?p=b);
  - (3) The written procedures for the food defense monitoring of the implementation of the mitigation strategies as required by [§ 121.140(a)](/cfr/21/121.140.md?p=a);
  - (4) The written procedures for food defense corrective actions as required by [§ 121.145(a)(1)](/cfr/21/121.145.md?p=a-1); and
  - (5) The written procedures for food defense verification as required by [§ 121.150(b)](/cfr/21/121.150.md?p=b).
- (c) **Records.** The food defense plan required by this section is a record that is subject to the requirements of subpart D of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 350g, 350(i), 371, 374.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 34219, May 27, 2016, unless otherwise noted.