subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "524"
part_subject: "OPHTHALMIC AND TOPICAL DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "524.402"
section_subject: "Chlorhexidine."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 524.402"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 500 to 599"
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)Specifications. Each gram of ointment contains 10 milligrams chlorhexidine acetate.
(b)Sponsors. See Nos. 054771 and 058829 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Conditions of use in dogs, cats, and horses—(1) Indications for use. For use as a topical antiseptic ointment for surface wounds.
(2)Limitations. Do not use in horses intended for human consumption.