section_subject: "Drugs and devices; National Drug Code numbers."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 201.2"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 200 to 299"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The National Drug Code (NDC) number is requested but not required to appear on all drug labels and in all drug labeling, including the label of any prescription drug container furnished to a consumer.