[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: 21CFR7.13]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 7--ENFORCEMENT POLICY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 7.13  Suggested forms of guaranty.

    (a) A guaranty or undertaking referred to in section 303(c)(2) of 
the act may be:
    (1) Limited to a specific shipment or other delivery of an article, 
in which case it may be a part of or attached to the invoice or bill of 
sale covering such shipment or delivery, or
    (2) General and continuing, in which case, in its application to any 
shipment or other delivery of an article, it shall be considered to have 
been given at the date such article was shipped or delivered by the 
person who gives the guaranty or undertaking.
    (b) The following are suggested forms of guaranty or undertaking 
under section 303(c)(2) of the act:
    (1) Limited form for use on invoice or bill of sale.

    (Name of person giving the guaranty or undertaking) hereby 
guarantees that no article listed herein is adulterated or misbranded 
within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or is an 
article which may not, under the provisions of section 404, 505, or 512 
of the act, be introduced into interstate commerce.
    (Signature and post-office address of person giving the guaranty or 
undertaking.)

    (2) General and continuing form.

    The article comprising each shipment or other delivery hereafter 
made by (name of person giving the guaranty or undertaking) to, or in 
the order of (name and post-office address of person to whom the 
guaranty or undertaking is given) is hereby guaranteed, as of the date 
of such shipment or delivery, to be, on such date, not adulterated or 
misbranded within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, and not an article which may not, under the provisions of section 
404, 505, or 512 of the act, be introduced into interstate commerce.
    (Signature and post-office address of person giving the guaranty of 
undertaking.)

    (c) The application of a guaranty or undertaking referred to in 
section 303(c)(2) of the act to any shipment or other delivery of an 
article shall expire when such article, after shipment or delivery by 
the person who gave such guaranty or undertaking, becomes adulterated or 
misbranded within the meaning of the act, or becomes an article which 
may not, under the provisions of section 404, 505, or 512 of the act, be 
introduced into interstate commerce.
    (d) A guaranty or undertaking referred to in section 303(c)(3) of 
the act shall state that the shipment or other delivery of the color 
additive covered thereby was manufactured by a signer thereof. It may be 
a part of or attached to the invoice or bill of sale covering such 
color. If such shipment or delivery is from a foreign manufacturer, such 
guaranty or undertaking shall be signed by such manufacturer and by an 
agent of such manufacturer who resides in the United States.
    (e) The following are suggested forms of guaranty or undertaking 
under section 303(c)(3) of the act:

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    (1) For domestic manufacturers:

    (Name of manufacturer) hereby guarantees that all color additives 
listed herein were manufactured by him, and (where color additive 
regulations require certification) are from batches certified in 
accordance with the applicable regulations promulgated under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
    (Signature and post-office address of manufacturer.)

    (2) For foreign manufacturers:

    (Name of manufacturer and agent) hereby severally guarantee that all 
color additives listed herein were manufactured by (name of 
manufacturer), and (where color additive regulations require 
certification) are from batches certified in accordance with the 
applicable regulations promulgated under the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act.
    (Signature and post-office address of manufacturer.)
    (Signature and post-office address of agent.)

    (f) For the purpose of a guaranty or undertaking under section 
303(c)(3) of the act the manufacturer of a shipment or other delivery of 
a color additive is the person who packaged such color.
    (g) A guaranty or undertaking, if signed by two or more persons, 
shall state that such persons severally guarantee the article to which 
it applies.
    (h) No representation or suggestion that an article is guaranteed 
under the act shall be made in labeling.

Subpart B [Reserved]