[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: 21CFR660.43]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 660--ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES FOR LABORATORY TESTS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart E--Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
 
Sec. 660.43  Potency test.

    To be satisfactory for release, each filling of Hepatitis B Surface 
Antigen shall be tested against the Reference Hepatitis B Antiserum 
Panel and shall be sufficiently potent to be able to detect the antibody 
in the appropriate sera of the reference panel by all test methods 
recommended by the manufacturer in the package insert.