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CVM GFI #253 Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Animal Cells, Tissues, and Cell- and Tissue-Based Products

FinalCenter for Veterinary Medicine10/20/2022

Description

This guidance provides establishments that manufacture animal cells, tissues, and cell- and tissue-based products meeting the definition of a new animal drug (ACTPs) with recommendations for meeting current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements.  All new animal drugs, including ACTPs, must be manufactured in accordance with CGMPs to ensure that such drugs meet the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) as to safety, and have the identity, strength, quality, and purity characteristics which they purport to or are represented to possess.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

2
Animal Cells, Tissues, and Cell- and Tissue-Based Products

ACTP products mentioned in abbreviations.

ACTPs

Animal Cell- and Tissue-based Products

Stakeholders

10
Consignee

The party receiving the imported goods, responsible for submitting evidence.

Processor

An establishment that performs processing steps on ACTPs.

Responsible individual

Person who documents the determination for distribution availability.

Vendor

outsourced operation provider

Recovery establishment

entity responsible for donor tissue recovery; Entity responsible for obtaining cells or tissues

FDA Investigator

Authorized representative conducting the inspection

Personnel

Employees handling RTE foods or cleaning equipment

Licensed Veterinarian

Qualified personnel for recovery operations on live animals

Contract Test Laboratory

Entity performing testing under agreement

Donor

Potential HCT/P donor screening

Regulatory Context

Attributes

7
Expiration Date

Property of a device that may be changed via established protocols

Potency

Measurement of potency for biological products

Purity

specifications for the purity, strength, and composition of dietary supplements

Storage temperature

Information that should appear on the label or accompany the ACTP.

Humidity levels

parameters that could have an adverse effect on ACTPs

Temperature ranges

parameters that could have an adverse effect on ACTPs

Donor eligibility

ACTP availability for distribution only after donor eligibility is established

Identified Hazards

Hazards

4
Equine Infectious Anemia

Example of a disease agent causing donor ineligibility

Adventitious agents

Safety concern regarding viral contamination

Contamination

Microorganisms or particulate matter that could adversely affect the device.

Cross-contamination

Risk associated with construction, traffic flow, and shared equipment.; Risk from raw food to RTE food or from insanitary objects; Personnel handling RTE foods touch contaminated surfaces

Related CFR Sections (5)

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