21 CFR § 207.5 - What is the purpose of this part?

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title: "21 CFR § 207.5 - What is the purpose of this part?"
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "207.5"
section_name: "What is the purpose of this part?"
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "DRUGS: GENERAL"
part_number: "207"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION AND LISTING FOR HUMAN DRUGS, INCLUDING DRUGS THAT ARE REGULATED UNDER A BIOLOGICS LICENSE APPLICATION, AND ANIMAL DRUGS, AND THE NATIONAL DRUG CODE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 351, 352, 355, 360, 360b, 371, 374, 381, 393; 42 U.S.C. 262, 264, 271."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 60212, Aug. 31, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 207.5 What is the purpose of this part?

Establishment registration information helps FDA identify who is manufacturing, repacking, relabeling, and salvaging drugs and where those operations are performed. Drug listing information gives FDA a current inventory of drugs manufactured, repacked, relabeled, or salvaged for commercial distribution. Both types of information facilitate implementation and enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and are used for many important public health purposes.