← 483 OBSERVATION EXPLORER

FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #996 OF 1,000 MOST-CITED

Investigations made into any unexplained discrepancy

FDA cited this observation 13 times across 13 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
Drugs13
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20252
FY20242
FY20191
FY20186
FY20172

How FDA worded it — real examples

Batch production and control records do not include the results of any investigation made into any unexplained discrepancy, whether or not the batch of drug product had already been distributed.

Winder Laboratories, LLC · Winder, Georgia · Drugs · 2025-08-05

Batch production and control records do not include the results of any investigation made into any unexplained discrepancy, whether or not the batch of drug product had already been distributed.

Galephar Pharmaceutical Research Inc. · Juncos, Puerto Rico · Drugs · 2024-10-18

Batch production and control records do not include the results of any investigation made into any unexplained discrepancy, whether or not the batch of drug product had already been distributed. Electronic records are used, but they do not meet requirements to ensure that they are trustworthy, reliable and generally equivalent to paper records.

Strides Alathur Private Limited · Chengalpattu · Drugs · 2024-04-05

Batch production and control records do not include the results of any investigation made into any unexplained discrepancy, whether or not the batch of drug product had already been distributed.

MMC HEALTHCARE LTD. · Chennai · Drugs · 2024-03-30

Batch production and control records do not include the results of any investigation made into any unexplained discrepancy, whether or not the batch of drug product had already been distributed.

CTK OTC Laboratories LLC · Corona, California · Drugs · 2019-03-08

Batch production and control records do not include the results of any investigation made into any unexplained discrepancy, whether or not the batch of drug product had already been distributed.

Janssen Ortho LLC · Gurabo, Puerto Rico · Drugs · 2018-08-28

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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