FDA does not explicitly define raw material, but depending on your situation, you may actually be looking to use the term component. 21CFR820.3(c) defines component:
Component means any raw material, substance, piece, part, software, firmware, labeling, or assembly which is intended to be included as part of the finished, packaged, and labeled device.
See the Related Links for "Answers.com: Raw Material" to the bottom for the answer.Raw material is the set of items you would get together to use to assemble a finished producteg bricks cement sand stone water are classic examples of raw material to start building a house
Carbon dioxide, in photosynthesis, is a reactant, or "raw material" and in cellular respiration, is a product or end product, so it is really either, but the answer to the question according to the category is a "raw material."
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is just adding value to the raw material. Chris b/vodka2k9
If being sold as a food, no FDA approval needed. But it will be subject to FDA rules and regulations.
Carbon dioxide, in photosynthesis, is a reactant, or "raw material" and in cellular respiration, is a product or end product, so it is really either, but the answer to the question according to the category is a "raw material."
the raw material is raw meat from a cow.
yes, nickel is a raw material
yup! it's a raw material
raw material are indirect material
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raw materials are what you start making from. example: the raw material of a paper factory can be wood, or lumber. the raw material of a blacksmith would be steel.