21 CFR § 1.401 - Who is entitled to appeal?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1.401 - Who is entitled to appeal?"
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1.401"
section_name: "Who is entitled to appeal?"
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "GENERAL ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 1333, 1453, 1454, 1455, 4402; 19 U.S.C. 1490, 1491; 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335a, 342, 343, 350c, 350d, 350j, 352, 355, 360b, 360ccc, 360ccc-1, 360ccc-2, 362, 371, 374, 381, 382, 384a, 387, 387a, 387c, 393, and 2223; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241, 243, 262, 264, 271."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 15553, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1.401 Who is entitled to appeal?

Any person who would be entitled to be a claimant for the article of food, if seized under section 304(a) of the act, may appeal a detention order as specified in § 1.402. Procedures for establishing entitlement to be a claimant for purposes of section 304(a) of the act are governed by Supplemental Rule C to the “Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”