[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1002.4]

[Page 580]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1002--RECORDS AND REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1002.4  Confidentiality of information.

    The Secretary or his representative shall not disclose any 
information reported to or otherwise obtained by him, pursuant to this 
part, which concerns or relates to a trade secret or other matter 
referred to in section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code, 
except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or 
employees of the Department and of the other agencies concerned with 
carrying out the requirements of the Act. Nothing in this section shall 
authorize the withholding of information by the Secretary, or by any 
officers or employees under his control, from the duly authorized 
committees of the Congress.