Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 481 - INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS
INSPECTIONS DIVISION
Chapter 34 - HOME FOOD PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS
Rule 481-34.9 - Maintenance of records by licensee

(1) A home food processing establishment shall maintain standardized recipes for each homemade food item.

(2) For recall and traceback purposes, a home food processing establishment shall maintain production or batch records that include, at a minimum, product name, date of production, and date of packaging.

(3) For recall and traceback purposes, a home food processing establishment shall maintain records of foods received as ingredients. Records shall include, at a minimum, the name and address of the supplier, name of the ingredient, and date received. A receipt of purchase is a sufficient record if it contains all of the required information.

(4) For recall and traceback purposes, a home food processing establishment shall maintain distribution records of all homemade food items that are distributed for resale. The distribution records shall contain the product name, the name and address of the business where the homemade food items were distributed, the date distributed, the quantity distributed, and the date the homemade food item was produced.

(5) A license holder whose home food processing establishment is not served by a public water system shall maintain records of annual water tests.

(6) If the home food processing establishment produces homemade food items that require food safety parameters to be monitored throughout production, such as temperature, pH, or (aw), the testing instruments shall be used as directed by the manufacturer and calibrated for accuracy according to the manufacturer's instructions. Monitoring results shall be documented as part of the batch record.

(7) A license holder shall maintain all required records for a minimum of six months. All required records shall be made available for official review or copying upon request by the regulatory authority.