9 CFR § 381.124 - Dietary food claims.

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title: "9 CFR § 381.124 - Dietary food claims."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.124"
section_name: "Dietary food claims."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "381"
part_name: "POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 138f, 1633; 21 U.S.C. 451-472; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
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# 381.124 Dietary food claims.

If a product purports to be or is represented for any special dietary use by man, its label shall bear a statement concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties upon which the claim for such use is based in whole or in part and shall be in conformity with regulations (21 CFR part 125) established pursuant to sections 403 and 701 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343, 371).