Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102
§363 Regulations Making Exemptions
Title 21 › CHAPTER 9 — FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT › SUBCHAPTER VI — COSMETICS › § 363
Summary
The Secretary must make rules allowing cosmetics to skip initial labeling when, as is common in the trade, they will be processed or repacked elsewhere in large amounts, provided they are safe and properly labeled when removed.
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Title 21, §363
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The Secretary shall promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling requirement of this chapter cosmetics which are, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at establishments other than those where originally processed or packed, on condition that such cosmetics are not adulterated or misbranded under the provisions of this chapter upon removal from such processing, labeling, or repacking establishment.
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of Federal Security Administrator to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services], and of Food and Drug Administration in the Department of Agriculture to Federal Security Agency, see notes set out under section 321 of this title.
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21 U.S.C. § 363
Title 21, Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102