21 CFR § 1140.10 - General responsibilities of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

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title: "21 CFR § 1140.10 - General responsibilities of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers."
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title_name: "Food and Drugs"
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section_name: "General responsibilities of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "TOBACCO PRODUCTS"
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# 1140.10 General responsibilities of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

Each manufacturer, distributor, importer, and retailer is responsible for ensuring that the cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or covered tobacco products it manufactures, labels, advertises, packages, distributes, imports, sells, or otherwise holds for sale comply with all applicable requirements under this part.

[81 FR 29103, May 10, 2016]