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21 CFR § 58.51 - Specimen and data storage facilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s58.51"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 58.51 - Specimen and data storage facilities."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "58.51"
section_name: "Specimen and data storage facilities."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "58"
part_name: "GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE FOR NONCLINICAL LABORATORY STUDIES"
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. 342, 346, 346a, 348, 351, 352, 353, 355, 360, 360b-360f, 360h-360j, 371, 379e, 381; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262, 263b-263n."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 60013, Dec. 22, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "58"
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# 58.51 Specimen and data storage facilities.

Space shall be provided for archives, limited to access by authorized personnel only, for the storage and retrieval of all raw data and specimens from completed studies.