21 CFR § 211.65 - Equipment construction.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s211.65"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 211.65 - Equipment construction."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "211.65"
section_name: "Equipment construction."
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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# 211.65 Equipment construction.
(a) Equipment shall be constructed so that surfaces that contact components, in-process materials, or drug products shall not be reactive, additive, or absorptive so as to alter the safety, identity, strength, quality, or purity of the drug product beyond the official or other established requirements.
(b) Any substances required for operation, such as lubricants or coolants, shall not come into contact with components, drug product containers, closures, in-process materials, or drug products so as to alter the safety, identity, strength, quality, or purity of the drug product beyond the official or other established requirements.