21 CFR § 211.142 - Warehousing procedures.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s211.142"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "21 CFR § 211.142 - Warehousing procedures."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "211.142"
section_name: "Warehousing procedures."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "DRUGS: GENERAL"
part_number: "211"
part_name: "CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE FOR FINISHED PHARMACEUTICALS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 351, 352, 355, 360b, 360ddd, 360ddd-1, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262, 263a, 264."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45077, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "211"
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# 211.142 Warehousing procedures.

Written procedures describing the warehousing of drug products shall be established and followed. They shall include:

(a) Quarantine of drug products before release by the quality control unit.

(b) Storage of drug products under appropriate conditions of temperature, humidity, and light so that the identity, strength, quality, and purity of the drug products are not affected.