[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR5.56]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 5--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Redelegations of Authority from the Commissioner of Food and 
                                  Drugs
 
Sec. 5.56  Recall authority.

    The following officials, for medical devices assigned to their 
respective organizations, are authorized to perform all of the recall 
functions under section 518(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, which have been delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs:
    (a) The Director and Deputy Directors, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health (CDRH).
    (b) The Director and Deputy Director, Office of Compliance, CDRH.
    (c) The Director, Deputy Center Director for Review Management, and 
Deputy Center Director for Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research (CDER); and the Director and Deputy Director, 
Office of Compliance, CDER.

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    (d) The Director and Deputy Director, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research (CBER), and the Director and Deputy Director, 
Office of Compliance, CBER.

[56 FR 51170, Oct. 10, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 40317, Sept. 3, 1992; 
62 FR 2556, Jan. 17, 1997; 62 FR 67272, Dec. 24, 1997]