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[FR Doc No: 94-2473]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 5

 

Delegations of Authority and Organization; Emergency Permit 
Matters

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the 
regulations for delegations of authority relating to general 
redelegations of authority from the Commissioner of Food and Drugs by 
making revisions to the regulations on initial emergency permit orders 
and notices of confirmation of effective date of final regulations on 
food matters. This amendment to the regulations will include foods for 
animal as well as human consumption and will add the Director and 
Deputy Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), to those already 
delegated authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Rawlings, Division of Management 
Systems and Policy (HFA-340), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-4976.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is amending the regulations in Sec. 5.62 
Issuance of initial emergency permit orders and notices of confirmation 
of effective date of final regulations on food matters (21 CFR 5.62) to 
include foods for animal as well as human consumption, and to give the 
Director and Deputy Director, CVM authority to issue initial emergency 
permit orders under Sec. 508.5 (21 CFR 508.5) and to confirm the 
effective date of final regulations on animal food matters.
    This document is issued as a final rule because the rulemaking 
requirements in 5 U.S.C. 553 do not apply to rules of agency 
organization, procedure, or practice.
    Further redelegation of the authority delegated is not authorized. 
Authority delegated to a position by title may be exercised by a person 
officially designated to serve in such position in an acting capacity 
or on a temporary basis.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 5

    Authority delegations (Government agencies), Imports, Organization 
and functions (Government agencies).

    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 
5 is amended as follows:

PART 5--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 5 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 552, App. 2; 7 U.S.C. 138a, 2271; 15 
U.S.C. 638, 1261-1282, 3701-3711a; secs. 2-12 of the Fair Packaging 
and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 1451-1461); 21 U.S.C. 41-50, 61-63, 141-
149, 467f, 679(b), 801-886, 1031-1309; secs. 201-903 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321-394); 35 U.S.C. 156; 
secs. 301, 302, 303, 307, 310, 311, 351, 352, 361, 362, 1701-1706, 
2101, 2125, 2127, 2128 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
241, 242, 242a, 242l, 242n, 243, 262, 263, 264, 265, 300u-300u-5, 
300aa-1, 300aa-25, 300aa-27, 300aa-28); 42 U.S.C. 1395y, 3246b, 
4332, 4831(a), 10007-10008; E.O. 11490, 11921, and 12591; secs. 312, 
313, 314 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. 
L. 99-660 (42 U.S.C. 300aa-1 note).

    2. Section 5.62 is amended by revising the section heading and the 
text, by redesignating the text as paragraph (a), and by adding new 
paragraph (b) to read as follows:


Sec. 5.62  Issuance of initial emergency permit orders and notices of 
confirmation of effective date of final regulations on food for human 
and animal consumption.

    (a) The Director and Deputy Director, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition, are authorized to issue initial emergency permit 
orders under Sec. 108.5 of this chapter and notices of confirmation of 
effective date of final regulations on human food matters promulgated 
under section 701(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the 
act).
    (b) The Director and Deputy Director, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine, are authorized to issue initial emergency permit orders under 
Sec. 508.5 of this chapter for foods for animals and notices of 
confirmation of the effective date of final regulations on animal food 
matters promulgated under section 701(e) of the act.

    Dated: January 27, 1994.
Michael R. Taylor,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-2473 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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