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Monographs Affected by Revision to <1177> Good Packaging Practices

Type of Posting: Notice of Intent to Revise
Posting Date: 04–Oct–2019
Targeted Official Date: 01–May–2020
Expert Committee: Various

In accordance with section 7.05(c) of the 2010–2015 Rules and Procedures of the Council of Experts, this is to provide notice that USP and its Expert Committees, as applicable, intend to revise multiple Documentary Standards in response to the omission of General Chapter <1177> Good Packaging Practices.

General Chapter <1177> was proposed for omission in Pharmacopeial Forum 44(5) and will be omitted in USP 43–NF 38. USP has identified other files that reference <1177> and they will be revised to address the omission of the chapter. A list of the files that will be modified can be found here . All modifications will become official on May 1, 2020, to coincide with the omission of General Chapter <1177>.

Please also see the Compendial Notice: New Revision Markup for Reference Changes in USP–NF for details on the revision markup used to identify the reference updates.

Interested stakeholders are encouraged to alert USP staff to any impact they may recognize related to the update of those monographs.

Should you have any questions or comments, please contact Desmond G. Hunt, Principal Scientific Liaison (301-816-8341 or dgh@usp.org, or the affected monograph’s liaisons.


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