Closing and sealing containers.
CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7
Pouches, liners, or containers having product contact surfaces, after filling shall be folded or closed and sealed in a sanitary manner, preferably by mechanical means, so as to assure against contamination. Each container in addition to other required labeling shall be coded in such a manner as to be easily identified as to date of manufacture by lot or sublot number.
official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 58.731