21 CFR § 211.94 - Drug product containers and closures.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s211.94"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 211.94 - Drug product containers and closures."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "211.94"
section_name: "Drug product containers and closures."
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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# 211.94 Drug product containers and closures.

(a) Drug product containers and closures shall not be reactive, additive, or absorptive so as to alter the safety, identity, strength, quality, or purity of the drug beyond the official or established requirements.

(b) Container closure systems shall provide adequate protection against foreseeable external factors in storage and use that can cause deterioration or contamination of the drug product.

(c) Drug product containers and closures shall be clean and, where indicated by the nature of the drug, sterilized and processed to remove pyrogenic properties to assure that they are suitable for their intended use. Such depyrogenation processes shall be validated.

(d) Standards or specifications, methods of testing, and, where indicated, methods of cleaning, sterilizing, and processing to remove pyrogenic properties shall be written and followed for drug product containers and closures.

[43 FR 45077, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 73 FR 51932, Sept. 8, 2008; 81 FR 81697, Nov. 18, 2016; 89 FR 51769, June 18, 2024]