---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 640.1"
title: "21"
number: "640.1"
heading: "Whole Blood."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/640.1"
---

# §640.1. Whole Blood.


The proper name of this product shall be Whole Blood. Whole Blood is defined as blood collected from human donors for transfusion to human recipients.


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 32089, Nov. 20, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 4138, Jan. 29, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 351, 352, 353, 355, 360, 371; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262, 263, 263a, 264.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 32089, Nov. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 32089, Nov. 20, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 4138, Jan. 29, 1985]