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title: "21 CFR §820.140"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-820.140"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "820"

part_subject: "QUALITY SYSTEM REGULATION"

subpart_code: "L"

subpart_subject: "Handling, Storage, Distribution, and Installation"

section_number: "820.140"

section_subject: "Handling."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 820.140"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

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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Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain procedures to ensure that mixups, damage, deterioration, contamination, or other adverse effects to product do not occur during handling.

§820.140 - Handling.