21 CFR § 117.420 - Using approved suppliers.

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title: "21 CFR § 117.420 - Using approved suppliers."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "117.420"
section_name: "Using approved suppliers."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE, HAZARD ANALYSIS, AND RISK-BASED PREVENTIVE CONTROLS FOR HUMAN FOOD"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 343, 350d note, 350g, 350g note, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 56145, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 117.420 Using approved suppliers.

(a) *Approval of suppliers.* The receiving facility must approve suppliers in accordance with the requirements of § 117.410(d), and document that approval, before receiving raw materials and other ingredients received from those suppliers;

(b) *Written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients.* (1) Written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients must be established and followed;

(2) The written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients must ensure that raw materials and other ingredients are received only from approved suppliers (or, when necessary and appropriate, on a temporary basis from unapproved suppliers whose raw materials or other ingredients are subjected to adequate verification activities before acceptance for use); and

(3) Use of the written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients must be documented.