---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1305.24"
title: "21"
number: "1305.24"
heading: "Central processing of orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1305.24"
---

# §1305.24. Central processing of orders.

- (a) A supplier that has one or more registered locations and maintains a central processing computer system in which orders are stored may have one or more of the supplier's registered locations fill an electronic order if the supplier does the following:
  - (1) **Assigns each item on the order to a specific registered location for filling.**
  - (2) Creates a record linked to the central file noting both which items a location filled and the location identity.
  - (3) **Ensures that no item is filled by more than one location.**
  - (4) **Maintains the original order with all linked records on the central computer system.**
- (b) A company that has central processing of orders must assign responsibility for filling parts of orders only to registered locations that the company owns and operates.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 828, 871(b), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 16911, Apr. 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.