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title: "21 CFR §1316.10"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-1316.10"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "9"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "Unknown"

subchapter_subject: "Unknown"

part_code: "1316"

part_subject: "ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "Administrative Inspections"

section_number: "1316.10"

section_subject: "Administrative probable cause."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1316.10"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Part 1300 to End"

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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If the judge or magistrate is satisfied that “administrative probable cause,” as defined in section 510(d)(1) of the Act (21 U.S.C. 880(d)(1)) exists, he shall issue an administrative warrant. Administrative probable cause shall not mean criminal probable cause as defined by Federal statute or case law.

§1316.10 - Administrative probable cause.