[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR509.5]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 509--UNAVOIDABLE CONTAMINANTS IN ANIMAL FOOD AND FOOD-PACKAGING MATERIAL--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec.  509.5  Petitions.

    The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, either on his own initiative or 
on behalf of any interested person who has submitted a petition, may 
issue a proposal to establish, revoke, or amend a regulation under this 
part. Any such petition shall include an adequate factual basis to 
support the petition, shall be in the form set forth in Sec.  10.30 of 
this chapter, and will be published in the Federal Register for comment 
if it contains reasonable grounds for the proposed regulation.

[42 FR 52821, Sept. 30, 1977, as amended at 54 FR 18280, Apr. 28, 1989]