---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 101-27.201"
title: "41"
number: "101-27.201"
heading: "Scope of subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/101-27.201"
---

# §101-27.201. Scope of subpart.


This subpart provides for the identification, designation of useful life, and establishment of controls for shelf-life items to minimize loss and insure maximum use prior to deterioration. A shelf-life item is any item possessing deteriorative or unstable characteristics to the degree that a storage period must be assigned to assure the issuance of material that will perform satisfactorily in service.


## Notes

### Amendments

[32 FR 6493, Apr. 27, 1967]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

### Amendments

[32 FR 6493, Apr. 27, 1967]