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Code · CFR · Title 21 — Food and Drugs · Part 509 — Unavoidable Contaminants in Animal Food and Food-Packaging Material · § 509.5

§ 509.5. Petitions.

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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 § 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]
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