21 C.F.R. § 600.15
Temperatures during shipment.
Cite as 21 C.F.R. § 600.15 (2026)
The following products shall be maintained during shipment at the specified temperatures:
(a)
Products.
Product
Temperature
Cryoprecipitated AHF
−18 °C or colder.
Measles and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live
10 °C or colder.
Measles Live and Smallpox Vaccine
Do.
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live
Do.
Measles and Mumps Virus Vaccine Live
Do.
Measles Virus Vaccine Live
Do.
Mumps Virus Vaccine Live
Do.
Fresh Frozen Plasma
−18 °C or colder.
Liquid Plasma
1 to 10 °C.
Plasma
−18 °C or colder.
Platelet Rich Plasma
Between 1 and 10 °C if the label indicates storage between 1 and 6 °C, or all reasonable methods to maintain the temperature as close as possible to a range between 20 and 24 °C, if the label indicates storage between 20 and 24 °C.
Platelets
Between 1 and 10 °C if the label indicates storage between 1 and 6 °C, or all reasonable methods to maintain the temperature as close as possible to a range between 20 to 24 °C, if the label indicates storage between 20 and 24 °C.
Poliovirus Vaccine Live Oral Trivalent
0 °C or colder.
Poliovirus Vaccine Live Oral Type I
Do.
Poliovirus Vaccine Live Oral Type II
Do.
Poliovirus Vaccine Live Oral Type III
Do.
Red Blood Cells (liquid product)
Between 1 and 10 °C.
Red Blood Cells Frozen
−65 °C or colder.
Rubella and Mumps Virus Vaccine Live
10 °C or colder.
Rubella Virus Vaccine Live
Do.
Smallpox Vaccine (Liquid Product)
0 °C or colder.
Source Plasma
−5 °C or colder.
Source Plasma Liquid
10 °C or colder.
Whole Blood
Blood that is transported from the collecting facility to the processing facility shall be transported in an environment capable of continuously cooling the blood toward a temperature range of 1 to 10 °C, or at a temperature as close as possible to 20 to 24 °C for a period not to exceed 6 hours. Blood transported from the storage facility shall be placed in an appropriate environment to maintain a temperature range between 1 to 10 °C during shipment.
Yellow Fever Vaccine
0 °C or colder.
(b)
Exemptions.
Exemptions or modifications shall be made only upon written approval, in the form of a supplement to the biologics license application, approved by the Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
[39 FR 39872, Nov. 12, 1974, as amended at 49 FR 23833, June 8, 1984; 50 FR 4133, Jan. 29, 1985; 50 FR 9000, Mar. 6, 1985; 55 FR 11013, Mar. 26, 1990; 59 FR 49351, Sept. 28, 1994; 64 FR 56449, Oct. 20, 1999]