The Preventive Controls Regulation, or as it is officially known, the Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food, was finalized in late 2015 and may be found in 21 CFR Part 117. One key element in the regulation may be found in Section165, Verification of Implementation and Effectiveness, which reads as follows:
(a)Verification activities. You must verify that the preventive controls are consistently implemented and are effectively and significantly minimizing or preventing the hazards. To do so, you must conduct activities that include the following, as appropriate to the facility, the food, and the nature of the preventive control and its role in the facility’s food safety system: