Selected passages from the FDA letter
Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.
Passage 1Your firm failed to conduct at least one test to verify the identity of each component of a drug product (21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)).
Passage 2Your firm failed to have, for each batch of drug product, appropriate laboratory determination of satisfactory conformance to final specifications for the drug product, including the identity and strength of each active ingredient, prior to release (21 CFR 211.165(a)).
Passage 3Your firm failed to establish and follow an adequate written testing program designed to assess the stability characteristics of drug products and to use results of stability testing to determine appropriate storage conditions and expiration dates (21 CFR 211.166(a)).
Passage 4Your firm failed to establish written procedures for production and process control designed to assure that the drug products you manufacture have the identity, strength, quality, and purity they purport or are represented to possess (21 CFR 211.100(a)).
Passage 5Your firm failed to establish an adequate quality control unit with the responsibility and authority to approve or reject all components, drug product containers, closures, in-process materials, packaging materials, labeling, and drug products (21 CFR 211.22(a)).
Passage 6Failure to address any violations may also result in the FDA continuing to refuse admission of articles manufactured at Catwalk Cosmetic Laboratories Pty Ltd., at 105 Capricorn Drive, Capricorn Park, Muizenberg, Western Cape, 7945, South Africa, into the United States under section 801(a)(3) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. 381(a)(3). Articles under this authority that appear to be adulterated may be detained or refused admission.
Citations in the original letter
As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.
- 21 CFR 1.74(a)(1)
- 21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)
- 21 CFR 211.165(a)
- 21 CFR 211.166(a)
- 21 CFR 211.100(a)
- 21 CFR 211.22(a)