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Articles & Clauses · FDA CSA

Articles & Clauses for FDA CSA.

This page identifies the source units that future interpretation and evidence artifacts must trace back to. It is the place for articles, clauses, principles, annexes, definitions, and protected-standard boundaries, not generic commentary.

Source basis: Computer Software Assurance for Production and Quality System SoftwareUse: evidence-readinessBoundary: not legal advice
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This page does not flatten FDA CSA into a generic checklist. It identifies the specific source units that future interpretation, evidence objects, and public artifacts must trace back to.

Source unit 01

FDA CSA final guidance

Primary source for risk-based assurance of production and quality management system software.

Source unit 02

QMSR terminology revision

February 2026 revisions aligned CSA language with QMSR terminology.

Source unit 03

Production software scope

Manufacturing, inspection, automation, and production controls can be in scope.

Source unit 04

Quality management system software scope

eQMS, CAPA, complaint, supplier, document, and record systems may need CSA reasoning.

Source unit 05

Objective evidence

Records should show what assurance activity happened and why it was adequate.

Source unit 06

Unscripted testing

Can be appropriate when justified by intended use and risk.

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