21 CFR § 111.130 - What quality control operations are required for returned dietary supplements?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s111.130"
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title: "21 CFR § 111.130 - What quality control operations are required for returned dietary supplements?"
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "111.130"
section_name: "What quality control operations are required for returned dietary supplements?"
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "111"
part_name: "CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE IN MANUFACTURING, PACKAGING, LABELING, OR HOLDING OPERATIONS FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 343, 371, 374, 381, 393; 42 U.S.C. 264."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 34942, June 25, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "111"
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# 111.130 What quality control operations are required for returned dietary supplements?

Quality control operations for returned dietary supplements must include:

(a) Conducting any required material review and making any required disposition decision; including:

(1) Determining whether tests or examination are necessary to determine compliance with product specifications established in accordance with § 111.70(e); and

(2) Reviewing the results of any tests or examinations that are conducted to determine compliance with product specifications established in accordance with § 111.70(e);

(b) Approving or rejecting any salvage and redistribution of any returned dietary supplement;

(c) Approving or rejecting any reprocessing of any returned dietary supplement; and

(d) Determining whether the reprocessed dietary supplement meets product specifications and either approving for release, or rejecting, any returned dietary supplement that is reprocessed.