---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 201.17"
title: "21"
number: "201.17"
heading: "Drugs; location of expiration date."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/201.17"
---

# §201.17. Drugs; location of expiration date.


When an expiration date of a drug is required, e.g., expiration dating of drug products required by [§ 211.137](/cfr/21/211.137.md) of this chapter, it shall appear on the immediate container and also the outer package, if any, unless it is easily legible through such outer package. However, when single-dose containers are packed in individual cartons, the expiration date may properly appear on the individual carton instead of the immediate product container.


## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45076, Sept. 29, 1978]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 343, 351, 352, 353, 355, 358, 360, 360b, 360ccc, 360ccc-1, 360ddd, 360ddd-1, 360ee, 360gg-360ss, 371, 374, 379e; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241, 262, 264.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13998, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 45076, Sept. 29, 1978]