[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR571.130]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 571--FOOD ADDITIVE PETITIONS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B--Administrative Actions on Applications
 
Sec. 571.130  Procedure for amending and repealing tolerances or exemptions from tolerances.

    (a) The Commissioner, on his own initiative or on the petition of 
any interested person, pursuant to part 10 of this chapter, may propose 
the issuance of a regulation amending or repealing a regulation 
pertaining to a food additive or granting or repealing an exception for 
such additive.
    (b) Any such petition shall include an assertion of facts, supported 
by data, showing that new information exists with respect to the food 
additive or that new uses have been developed or old uses abandoned, 
that new data are available as to toxicity of the chemical, or that 
experience with the existing regulation or exemption may justify its 
amendment or repeal. New data shall be furnished in the form specified 
in Sec. 571.1 for submitting petitions.

[42 FR 4717, Jan. 25, 1977; 42 FR 15676, Mar. 22, 1977]