part_subject: "OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL DEVICES"
subpart_code: "F"
subpart_subject: "Obstetrical and Gynecological Therapeutic Devices"
section_number: "884.5435"
section_subject: "Unscented menstrual pad."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 884.5435"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"
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)Identification. An unscented menstrual pad is a device that is a pad made of cellulosic or synthetic material which is used to absorb menstrual or other vaginal discharge. This generic type of device includes sterile unscented menstrual pads used for medically indicated conditions, but does not include menstrual pads treated with scent (i.e., fragrance materials) or those with added antimicrobial agents or other drugs.
(b)Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter only when the device is made of common cellulosic and synthetic material with an established safety profile. This exemption does not include the intralabial pads and reusable menstrual pads.