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title: "21 CFR §1401.1"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-1401.1"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "9"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "Unknown"

subchapter_subject: "Unknown"

part_code: "1401"

part_subject: "PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "General Requirements"

section_number: "1401.1"

section_subject: "Purpose."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1401.1"

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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The purpose of this part is to prescribe rules, guidelines and procedures to implement the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552.

§1401.1 - Purpose.