16 CFR § 1700.2 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1700.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1700.2 - Authority."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1700.2"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING ACT OF 1970 REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1700"
part_name: "POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 1471-76. Secs. 1700.1 and 1700.14 also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2079(a)."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 21247, Aug. 7, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1700"
---


# 1700.2 Authority.

Authority under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 is vested in the Consumer Product Safety Commission by section 30(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2079(a)).