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title: "21 CFR §71.18"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-71.18"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "GENERAL"

part_code: "71"

part_subject: "COLOR ADDITIVE PETITIONS"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "General Provisions"

section_number: "71.18"

section_subject: "Petition for exemption from certification."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 71.18"

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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A manufacturer, packer, or distributor of a color additive or color additive mixture may petition for an exemption from certification pursuant to part 10 of this chapter. Any such petition shall show why such certification is not necessary for the protection of public health.

§71.18 - Petition for exemption from certification.