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| 33 | Community discussion frequently treats a high seizure rate as evidence about a supplier. The confound is jurisdiction: a supplier whose customers are concentrated in a strict jurisdiction will show a higher rate than one whose customers are not, at identical practice. Any comparison that does not hold destination constant is uninterpretable.{{r|reports}} | 33 | Community discussion frequently treats a high seizure rate as evidence about a supplier. The confound is jurisdiction: a supplier whose customers are concentrated in a strict jurisdiction will show a higher rate than one whose customers are not, at identical practice. Any comparison that does not hold destination constant is uninterpretable.{{r|reports}} |
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| + | 35 | == Consequences for the material == | |
| + | 36 | A detained consignment sits somewhere, and where it sits is not temperature-controlled. A parcel held for two weeks in a customs facility has left its [[Cold-chain freight|cold chain]] and, if it was in a passive shipper, has exhausted it.{{r|usp1079}} | |
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| + | 38 | This is the practically important consequence and it is often overlooked. The material may be released eventually and may look unchanged, but the storage history is broken and any [[Third-party testing|independent result]] obtained afterwards is characterising the parcel's journey as much as the supplier's manufacture. See [[Chain of custody]] and [[Temperature excursion]]. | |
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| 35 | == References == | 40 | == References == |
| 36 | {{reflist}} | 41 | {{reflist}} |
| 37 | <ref name="fda_pip">United States Food and Drug Administration, ''Regulatory Procedures Manual'', chapter 9 (coverage of personal importations).</ref> | 42 | <ref name="fda_pip">United States Food and Drug Administration, ''Regulatory Procedures Manual'', chapter 9 (coverage of personal importations).</ref> |
| 38 | <ref name="wco">World Customs Organization, ''International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures'' (revised Kyoto Convention).</ref> | 43 | <ref name="wco">World Customs Organization, ''International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures'' (revised Kyoto Convention).</ref> |
| + | 44 | <ref name="usp1079">United States Pharmacopeia, General Chapter <1079>, ''Risks and Mitigation Strategies for the Storage and Transportation of Finished Drug Products''.</ref> | |
| 39 | <ref name="reports">PeptidePedia Wiki community test-report tally, 2024–2026 (self-reported; see [[Project:Sourcing_guidelines]]).</ref> | 45 | <ref name="reports">PeptidePedia Wiki community test-report tally, 2024–2026 (self-reported; see [[Project:Sourcing_guidelines]]).</ref> |
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