[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR20.2]

[Page 197]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 20--PUBLIC INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Official Testimony and Information
 
Sec. 20.2  Production of records by Food and Drug Administration employees.

    (a) Any request for records of the Food and Drug Administration, 
whether it be by letter or by a subpena duces tecum or by any other 
writing, shall be handled pursuant to the procedures established in 
subpart B of this part, and shall comply with the rules governing public 
disclosure established in subparts C, D, E, and F of this part and in 
other regulations cross-referenced in Sec. 20.100(c).
    (b) Whenever a subpoena duces tecum, in appropriate form, has been 
lawfully served upon an officer or employee of the Food and Drug 
Administration commanding the production of any record, such officer or 
employee shall appear in response thereto, respectfully decline to 
produce the record on the ground that it is prohibited by this section, 
and state that the production of the record(s) involved will be handled 
by the procedures established in this part.