---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 117.420"
title: "21"
number: "117.420"
heading: "Using approved suppliers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/117.420"
---

# §117.420. Using approved suppliers.

- (a) **Approval of suppliers.** The receiving facility must approve suppliers in accordance with the requirements of [§ 117.410(d)](/cfr/21/117.410.md?p=d), and document that approval, before receiving raw materials and other ingredients received from those suppliers;
- (b) **Written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients.**
  - (1) Written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients must be established and followed;
  - (2) The written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients must ensure that raw materials and other ingredients are received only from approved suppliers (or, when necessary and appropriate, on a temporary basis from unapproved suppliers whose raw materials or other ingredients are subjected to adequate verification activities before acceptance for use); and
  - (3) Use of the written procedures for receiving raw materials and other ingredients must be documented.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 343, 350d note, 350g, 350g note, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 56145, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.