Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.111.160 What requirements apply to packaging and labels received?

(1) You collect representative samples of each unique shipment, and of each unique lot within each unique shipment, of packaging and labels and, at a minimum, conduct a visual identification of the immediate containers and closures;

(2) Quality control personnel review and approve the results of any tests or examinations conducted on the packaging and labels;  and

(3) Quality control personnel approve the packaging and labels for use in the manufacture of a dietary supplement and release them from quarantine.

(d)(1) You must identify each unique lot within each unique shipment of packaging and labels in a manner that allows you to trace the lot to the supplier, the date received, the name of the packaging and label, the status of the packaging and label (e.g., quarantined, approved, or rejected);  and to the dietary supplement that you distributed;  and

(2) You must use this unique identifier whenever you record the disposition of each unique lot within each unique shipment of packaging and labels.