subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"
part_code: "170"
part_subject: "FOOD ADDITIVES"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "General Provisions"
section_number: "170.15"
section_subject: "Adoption of regulation on initiative of Commissioner."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 170.15"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 170 to 199"
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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(a)The Commissioner upon his own initiative may propose the issuance of a regulation prescribing, with respect to any particular use of a food additive, the conditions under which such additive may be safely used. Notice of such proposal shall be published in the Federal Register and shall state the reasons for the proposal.
(b)Action upon a proposal made by the Commissioner shall proceed as provided in part 10 of this chapter.