21 CFR § 211.46 - Ventilation, air filtration, air heating and cooling.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s211.46"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 211.46 - Ventilation, air filtration, air heating and cooling."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "211.46"
section_name: "Ventilation, air filtration, air heating and cooling."
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"
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, 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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# 211.46 Ventilation, air filtration, air heating and cooling.

(a) Adequate ventilation shall be provided.

(b) Equipment for adequate control over air pressure, micro-organisms, dust, humidity, and temperature shall be provided when appropriate for the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding of a drug product.

(c) Air filtration systems, including prefilters and particulate matter air filters, shall be used when appropriate on air supplies to production areas. If air is recirculated to production areas, measures shall be taken to control recirculation of dust from production. In areas where air contamination occurs during production, there shall be adequate exhaust systems or other systems adequate to control contaminants.

(d) Air-handling systems for the manufacture, processing, and packing of penicillin shall be completely separate from those for other drug products for human use.