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FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #454 OF 1,000 MOST-CITED

Acceptance criteria for sampling & testing

FDA cited this observation 42 times across 42 firms in recent inspections. Below: how it breaks down by program area and fiscal year, and real examples of how FDA worded it on Form FDA 483.

BY PROGRAM AREA
Drugs42
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20261
FY20254
FY20247
FY20236
FY20223
FY20212
FY20203
FY20195
FY201810
FY20171

How FDA worded it — real examples

Acceptance criteria for the sampling and testing conducted by the quality control unit is not adequate to assure that batches of drug products meet appropriate statistical quality control criteria as a condition for their approval and release.

Unither Manufacturing LLC. · Rochester, New York · Drugs · 2026-05-15

Acceptance criteria for the sampling and testing conducted by the quality control unit is not adequate to assure that batches of drug products meet each appropriate specification as a condition for their approval and release.

Fulijaya Manufacturing SDN. BHD. · Kulim · Drugs · 2025-07-18

Acceptance criteria for the sampling and testing conducted by the quality control unit is not adequate to assure that batches of drug products meet each appropriate specification as a condition for their approval and release.

B. Braun Medical, Inc. · Allentown, Pennsylvania · Drugs · 2025-05-16

Acceptance criteria for the sampling and testing conducted by the quality control unit is not adequate to assure that batches of drug products meet appropriate statistical quality control criteria as a condition for their approval and release.

Turbare Manufacturing · Conway, Arkansas · Drugs · 2025-01-24

Acceptance criteria for the sampling and testing conducted by the quality control unit is not adequate to assure that batches of drug products meet appropriate statistical quality control criteria as a condition for their approval and release.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited · Vadodara · Drugs · 2024-11-22

Acceptance criteria for the sampling and testing conducted by the quality control unit is not adequate to assure that batches of drug products meet each appropriate specification as a condition for their approval and release.

Airgas USA, LLC · Hyattsville, Maryland · Drugs · 2024-09-30

Related SPEQ references

Where to read the requirements behind this observation area on SPEQ. These are SPEQ's topic and audience pages — not an FDA classification of the citation.

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Examples are a representative sample of FDA's published inspection observations. SPEQ is not affiliated with the FDA; this is a reference view of public FDA data.

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