---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 211.142"
title: "21"
number: "211.142"
heading: "Warehousing procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/211.142"
---

# §211.142. Warehousing procedures.


Written procedures describing the warehousing of drug products shall be established and followed. They shall include:

- (a) **Quarantine of drug products before release by the quality control unit.**
- (b) Storage of drug products under appropriate conditions of temperature, humidity, and light so that the identity, strength, quality, and purity of the drug products are not affected.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 351, 352, 355, 360b, 360ddd, 360ddd-1, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262, 263a, 264.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45077, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.