[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR5.21]

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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--General Redelegations of Authority
 
Sec. 5.21  Emergency functions.

    (a) Each Regional Food and Drug Director is authorized, during any 
period when normal channels of direction are disrupted between the Food 
and Drug Administration headquarters and his or her region to:
    (1) Fully represent the Food and Drug Administration within his or 
her region in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human 
Services regional emergency plans, and
    (2) Exercise the authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for 
supervision of and direction to all Food and Drug Administration 
activities and use of resources within his or her region for continuity 
and for Federal Emergency Health Service operations.
    (b) These same officials are authorized to provide in Regional 
Emergency Plans for the delegation of Food and Drug Administration 
regional authorities to heads of field activities when such activities 
are cut off from national and regional headquarters. These officials may 
not further redelegate this authority.