21 CFR § 111.605 - What requirements apply to the records that you make and keep?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s111.605"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 111.605 - What requirements apply to the records that you make and keep?"
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "111.605"
section_name: "What requirements apply to the records that you make and keep?"
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 111.605 What requirements apply to the records that you make and keep?

(a) You must keep written records required by this part for 1 year past the shelf life date, if shelf life dating is used, or 2 years beyond the date of distribution of the last batch of dietary supplements associated with those records.

(b) Records must be kept as original records, as true copies (such as photocopies, microfilm, microfiche, or other accurate reproductions of the original records), or as electronic records.

(c) All electronic records must comply with part 11 of this chapter.