21 CFR 211.94
Drug product containers and closures.
- Inspections citing it: 96
- Of those classified, ended OAI: 60%
- Last cited: FY2026
Inspections Citing It by Fiscal Year
Sites in and outside the US, FY2017 to Oct 20, 2026.
Paragraphs Cited
As FDA posts them, all years.
- 211.94(c)
- 44 · Containers & Closures Clean, Sterilized, Pyrogen-free
- 211.94(b)
- 35 · Protection from external factors
- 211.94(a)
- 17 · Reactive/Additive/Absorptive Containers/Closures
Regulation Text
eCFR, as of Nov 6, 2026(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.
Recently Cited Sites
Newest inspections citing this section; each opens the site- Coupler LLCUnited States · Mar 2, 2026
- Wells Pharmacy, IncUnited States · Apr 25, 2025
- Mixlab TX LLCUnited States · Aug 2, 2024
- Carie Boyd Pharmaceuticals LLCUnited States · Jun 21, 2024
- Nang Kuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Taiwan · Apr 2, 2024
- Regenerative Processing Plant, LLCUnited States · Jun 30, 2023
- Neobiosis LLCUnited States · Feb 21, 2023
- ALK-Abello, Inc.United States · Oct 21, 2022
- Fougera Pharmaceuticals LLCUnited States · Aug 10, 2022
- Empower Clinic Services LLCUnited States · Aug 5, 2022
- Optum Compounding Services, LLCUnited States · Aug 13, 2021
- Chartwell Pharmaceuticals Amityville, LLCUnited States · May 5, 2017
Counts are inspections with posted citations that cite any paragraph of the section, once per inspection, from FDA's Data Dashboard. OAI share is over inspections FDA finally classified. Text from eCFR, the official online CFR. FDA Data Dashboard and eCFR