Selected passages from the FDA letter
Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.
Passage 1Failure to ensure that when the results of a process cannot be fully verified by subsequent inspection and test, the process shall be validated with a high degree of assurance and approved according to established procedure, as required by 21 CFR 820.75(a).
Passage 2Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures to control the design of the device in order to ensure that specified design requirements are met, as required by 21 CFR 820.30(a).
Passage 3Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures for implementing corrective and preventive action, as required by 21 CFR 820.100(a).
Passage 4Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures for acceptance activities, which include inspections, tests, or other verification activities, as required by 21 CFR 820.80(a).
Passage 5Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures for rework, to include retesting and reevaluation of the nonconforming product after rework, to ensure that the product meets its current approved specifications, as required by 21 CFR 820.90(b)(2).
Citations in the original letter
As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.
- 21 CFR 820.30
- 21 CFR 820.75(a)
- 21 CFR 820.30(a)
- 21 CFR 820.30(c)
- 21 CFR 820.30(f)
- 21 CFR 820.30(g)
- 21 CFR 820.100(a)
- 21 CFR 820.80(a)
- 21 CFR 820.90(b)(2)
- 21 CFR 868.6810