[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: 21CFR5.64]

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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. 5.64  Establishing standards and approving accrediting bodies under the National Laboratory Accreditation Program.

    The Director and Deputy Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, are authorized to perform all the functions of the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs under sections 1322(b) and (c) of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (the National 
Laboratory Accreditation Program) (7 U.S.C. 138a), as amended hereafter; 
which relate to setting standards for the National Laboratory 
Accreditation Program and approving State agencies or private, nonprofit 
entities as accrediting bodies to implement certification and quality 
assurance programs in accordance with the requirements of these 
sections. The delegation excludes the authority to submit reports to the 
Congress.

[57 FR 43398, Sept. 21, 1992]

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