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Title 21—FOOD AND DRUGS > CHAPTER 9—FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT > SUBCHAPTER VII—GENERAL AUTHORITY > Part A—General Administrative Provisions

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The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this section, is vested in the Secretary.

( June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 701 , 52 Stat. 1055 ; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32 , 62 Stat. 991 ; Apr. 15, 1954, ch. 143, § 2 , 68 Stat. 55 ; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 861, § 2 , 70 Stat. 919 ; Pub. L. 85–791, § 21 , Aug. 28, 1958 , 72 Stat. 948 ; Pub. L. 86–618, title I, § 103(a)(4) , July 12, 1960 , 74 Stat. 398 ; Pub. L. 101–535, § 8 , Nov. 8, 1990 , 104 Stat. 2365 ; Pub. L. 102–300, § 6(b)(1) , June 16, 1992 , 106 Stat. 240 ; Pub. L. 103–80 , §§ 3(y), (dd)(1), 4(c), Aug. 13, 1993 , 107 Stat. 778 , 779; Pub. L. 103–396, § 3(b) , Oct. 22, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4155 ; Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 405 , Nov. 21, 1997 , 111 Stat. 2368 ; Pub. L. 112–144, title VI, § 619 , July 9, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1063 .)

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