[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR165.3]

[Page 521-522]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 165--BEVERAGES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 165.3  Definitions.


    (a) A lot is:
    (1) For purposes of determining quality factors related to 
manufacture, processing, or packing, a collection of primary containers 
or units of the same size, type, and style produced under conditions as 
nearly uniform as possible and usually designated by a common container 
code or marking, or in the absence of any common container code or 
marking, a day's production.
    (2) For purposes of determining quality factors related to 
distribution and storage, a collection of primary containers or units 
transported, stored, or held under conditions as nearly uniform as 
possible.
    (b) A sample consists of 10 subsamples (consumer units), one taken 
from each

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of 10 different randomly chosen shipping cases to be representative of a 
given lot, unless otherwise specified in a specific standard in this 
part.
    (c) An analytical unit is the portion(s) of food taken from a 
subsample of a sample for the purpose of analysis.