Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 500.000 - Good Manufacturing Practices For Food
Section 500.002 - Scope

Universal Citation: 105 MA Code of Regs 105.500

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(A)105 CMR 500.000 applies to every person who prepares, manufactures, packs, repacks, cans, bottles, keeps, exposes, stores, handles, sells, transports, or distributes food in Massachusetts, whether or not for profit. It applies to wholesale food processing operations within food establishments licensed by local boards of health, but does not apply to activities regulated by 105 CMR 590.000: State Sanitary Code, Chapter X - Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments.

(B) The requirements of 105 CMR 500.000 include but are not limited to every person who:

(1) Operates a residential kitchen to prepare or process food for wholesale sale;

(2) Operates as a retail seafood dealer, a wholesale seafood dealer, or a wholesale seafood truck;

(3) Cooks, smokes, or otherwise processes seafood, or combines seafood with non-seafood ingredient(s), for sale at wholesale;

(4) Engages in the business of slaughtering livestock or poultry or processing meat or poultry for sale at wholesale; engages in the business of custom slaughtering of livestock or poultry; or engages in the business of custom processing of meat or poultry;

(5) Operates a milk pasteurization plant;

(6) Manufactures butter or cheese for sale at wholesale;

(7) Manufactures within Massachusetts frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix, or manufactures frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix outside Massachusetts and sells such products in Massachusetts;

(8) Manufactures or bottles within Massachusetts carbonated non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, whether carbonated or non-carbonated, for human consumption; or engages in such business outside Massachusetts and sells such products in Massachusetts;

(9) Manufactures juice or apple cider for sale at wholesale;

(10) Operates a cold storage or refrigerating warehouse, or a food warehouse;

(11) Transports or causes to be transported any bakery product into Massachusetts for the purpose of sale; or

(12) Manufactures, processes, or distributes any food not specifically named in 105 CMR 500.002(B)(1) through (11), including dietary supplements, for sale at wholesale.

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