Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.7.53 Recall status reports

(a) The recalling firm is requested to submit periodic recall status reports to the appropriate Food and Drug Administration district office so that the agency may assess the progress of the recall. The frequency of such reports will be determined by the relative urgency of the recall and will be specified by the Food and Drug Administration in each recall case;  generally the reporting interval will be between 2 and 4 weeks.

(b) Unless otherwise specified or inappropriate in a given recall case, the recall status report should contain the following information:

(c) Recall status reports are to be discontinued when the recall is terminated by the Food and Drug Administration.