[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 7]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR640.20]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 640--ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR HUMAN BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Platelets
 
Sec. 640.20  Platelets.


    (a) Proper name and definition. The proper name of this product 
shall be Platelets. The product is defined as platelets collected from 
one unit of blood and resuspended in an appropriate volume of original 
plasma, as prescribed in Sec. 640.24(d).
    (b) Source. The source material for Platelets shall be plasma which 
may be obtained by whole blood collection, by plasmapheresis, or by 
plateletpheresis.

[40 FR 4304, Jan. 29, 1975, as amended at 47 FR 49021, Oct. 29, 1982; 50 
FR 4139, Jan. 29, 1985]