Food safety rules by industry in Puerto Rico

The food safety rules that apply to you depend on what you make. Most food plants in Puerto Rico fall under FDA’s preventive controls rule (21 CFR 117), but juice, seafood, acidified and canned foods, and meat and poultry have rules of their own. Pick your industry to see what each rule requires, with links to the official text.

• Food safety rules for juice and bottled water makers in Puerto Rico

  What FDA requires of juice and bottled water producers in Puerto Rico: Juice HACCP (21 CFR 120), the 5-log reduction, record retention and part 129 for water.

• Food safety rules for seafood processors in Puerto Rico

  What FDA Seafood HACCP (21 CFR 123) requires of plants in Puerto Rico: hazard analysis, HACCP plan, sanitation monitoring, training and record retention.

• Acidified and low-acid canned foods in Puerto Rico: FDA rules

  Pickles, sauces and canned foods in Puerto Rico: when 21 CFR 114 and 113 apply, registration on Form FDA 2541, process filing and trained supervisors.

• Food safety rules for bakeries in Puerto Rico

  What FDA requires of bakeries and snack makers in Puerto Rico: preventive controls (21 CFR 117), the PCQI, the 9 major allergens with sesame, exemptions.

• Food safety rules for coffee roasters and dry food makers in Puerto Rico

  What FDA requires of anyone roasting, grinding or packing coffee and dry foods in Puerto Rico: registration, 21 CFR 117 and low-risk farm exemptions.

• Meat and poultry in Puerto Rico: USDA FSIS rules and when FDA applies

  Meat, poultry and egg products in Puerto Rico: when USDA FSIS or FDA regulates, HACCP under 9 CFR 417, Sanitation SOPs under 9 CFR 416, record retention.

• Food safety rules for food distributors and warehouses in Puerto Rico

  What FDA requires of food warehouses and distributors in Puerto Rico: registration, 21 CFR 117.7 and 117.206 for chilled food, and sanitary transport.

Sources verified on November 11, 2026.