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21 CFR 212.20

What activities must I perform to ensure drug quality?

  • Inspections citing it: 101
  • Of those classified, ended OAI: 16%
  • 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.

212.20(e)
53 · Written QA procedures established, followed
212.20(d)
34 · Determination need for investigation
212.20(c)
8 · Specifications and processes
212.20(a)
6 · Oversight of production operations

Regulation Text

eCFR, as of Nov 6, 2026

(a) Production operations. You must oversee production operations to ensure that each PET drug meets the requirements of the act as to safety and has the identity and strength, and meets the quality and purity characteristics, that it is supposed to have.

(b) Materials. You must examine and approve or reject components, containers, closures, in-process materials, packaging materials, labeling, and finished dosage forms to ensure compliance with procedures and specifications affecting the identity, strength, quality, or purity of a PET drug.

(c) Specifications and processes. You must approve or reject, before implementation, any initial specifications, methods, processes, or procedures, and any proposed changes to existing specifications, methods, processes, or procedures, to ensure that they maintain the identity, strength, quality, and purity of a PET drug. You must demonstrate that any change does not adversely affect the identity, strength, quality, or purity of any PET drug.

(d) Production records. You must review production records to determine whether errors have occurred. If errors have occurred, or a production batch or any component of the batch fails to meet any of its specifications, you must determine the need for an investigation, conduct investigations when necessary, and take appropriate corrective actions.

(e) Quality assurance. You must establish and follow written quality assurance procedures.

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