[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: 21CFR5.303]

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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 E--Food and Cosmetics; Redelegations of Authority
 
Sec. 5.303  Establishing standards and approving accrediting bodies under the National Laboratory Accreditation Program.

    The Director, Deputy Director, and Director of Regulations and 
Policy, 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. These officials may not 
further redelegate this authority.