[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 21CFR71.27]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 71--COLOR ADDITIVE PETITIONS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Administrative Action on Petitions
 
Sec. 71.27  Listing and exemption from certification on the Commissioner's initiative.

    Where a petition for a regulation to list a color additive has not 
been received and the Commissioner has available facts which demonstrate 
that a color additive should be listed and/or that certification 
procedure is not necessary in order to protect the public health, he may 
list such color additive by appropriate regulation and listing in part 
73 or 74 of this chapter.