9 CFR Part 418 — Recalls
FSIS recall rules and directives address written recall procedures, notification, event assessment, classification, public communication, effectiveness, and the voluntary removal of affected products from commerce.
What the authority record establishes
FSIS recall rules and directives address written recall procedures, notification, event assessment, classification, public communication, effectiveness, and the voluntary removal of affected products from commerce.
Binding requirements within scope, supplemented by official FSIS directives and guidance
The exact official title, issuing body, jurisdiction, version or application record, and linked source define the scope of this page. Readers should not transfer the authority's status to a commercial product or infer transaction-, patient-, system-, site-, or organization-specific applicability from this summary.
Why it matters to this market
Protein traceability systems need establishment, production, lot, distribution, customer, inventory, and disposition evidence that supports—not replaces—the recall decision process.
Affected operating stages
- Recall Plan
- Event Assessment
- Scope
- Notification
- Recovery And Disposition
- Effectiveness And Closure
Capabilities to examine
Recall Scope Analysis Notification And Disposition
Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for recall scope analysis notification and disposition.
Mock Recall And Trace-Time Testing
Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for mock recall and trace-time testing.
Traceability Lot Code And Lot Genealogy
Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for traceability lot code and lot genealogy.
Receiving Shipping And Distribution Event Capture
Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for receiving shipping and distribution event capture.
Quality Inspection Nonconformance And Corrective Action
Ask how the system or service identifies the controlling source and version, applies customer-specific interpretation, handles exceptions, preserves human judgment, and retains evidence for quality inspection nonconformance and corrective action.
Affected buyer audiences
- meat poultry and egg establishments
- recall coordinators
- quality and regulatory teams
- distribution and communications teams
Implementation questions
- Which entities, products, populations, transactions, systems, sites, or jurisdictions are actually within scope?
- What is binding, what is guidance, and what is a technical or consensus standard?
- Which publication, adoption, effective, application, transition, and enforcement dates differ?
- Who owns legal, clinical, quality, regulatory, policy, or operational interpretation?
- How will a source revision affect open work and historical decisions?
Interpretation boundary
The publication does not decide whether a product is adulterated or misbranded, classify a recall, or direct a recall strategy.