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title: "21 CFR §12.83"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-12.83"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "GENERAL"

part_code: "12"

part_subject: "FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING"

subpart_code: "E"

subpart_subject: "Hearing Procedures"

section_number: "12.83"

section_subject: "Advisory opinions."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 12.83"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 99"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Before or during a hearing, a person may, under § 10.85, request the Commissioner for an advisory opinion on whether any regulation or order under consideration in the proceeding applies to a specific situation.

§12.83 - Advisory opinions.