[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 7]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR740.1]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 740_COSMETIC PRODUCT WARNING STATEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 740.1  Establishment of warning statements.


    (a) The label of a cosmetic product shall bear a warning statement 
whenever necessary or appropriate to prevent a health hazard that may be 
associated with the product.
    (b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, either on his own initiative 
or on behalf of any interested person who has submitted a petition, may 
publish a proposal to establish or amend, under subpart B of this part, 
a regulation prescribing a warning for a cosmetic. Any such petition 
shall include an adequate factual basis to support the petition, shall 
be in the form set forth in part 10 of this chapter, and will be 
published for comment if it contains reasonable grounds for the proposed 
regulation.

[40 FR 8917, Mar. 3, 1975, as amended at 42 FR 15676, Mar. 22, 1977]