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title: "21 CFR §820.86"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-820.86"

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: "H"

subpart_subject: "Acceptance Activities"

section_number: "820.86"

section_subject: "Acceptance status."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 820.86"

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 identify by suitable means the acceptance status of product, to indicate the conformance or nonconformance of product with acceptance criteria. The identification of acceptance status shall be maintained throughout manufacturing, packaging, labeling, installation, and servicing of the product to ensure that only product which has passed the required acceptance activities is distributed, used, or installed.

§820.86 - Acceptance status.