Section 100. Examination of drug shipments and accompanying documents  


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  • A. Upon receipt, each shipping container shall be visually examined for identity to determine if it may contain contaminated, contraband, counterfeit, suspected of being counterfeit, or damaged drugs, or drugs or devices that are otherwise unfit for distribution. This examination shall be adequate to reveal container damage that would suggest possible contamination, adulteration, misbranding, counterfeiting, suspected counterfeiting, or other damage to the contents.

    B. Upon receipt of drugs, a wholesale distributor must review records for accuracy, completeness, and the integrity of the drugs considering the total facts and circumstances surrounding the transactions and the wholesale distributors involved.

    C. Each outgoing shipment shall be carefully inspected for identity of the drugs and to ensure that there is no delivery of drugs that have been damaged in storage or held under improper conditions.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 22, Issue 24, eff. September 6, 2006.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3307 of the Code of Virginia.