21 CFR § 1210.1 - Authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1210.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1210.1 - Authority."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1210.1"
section_name: "Authority."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER CERTAIN OTHER ACTS ADMINISTERED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1210"
part_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL IMPORT MILK ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 141-149."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 32104, Nov. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1210"
---


# 1210.1 Authority.

For the purposes of the regulations in this part the act (44 Stat. 1101; 21 U.S.C. 141-149) “To regulate the importation of milk and cream into the United States for the purpose of promoting the dairy industry of the United States and protecting the public health” shall be known and referred to as “the Federal Import Milk Act.”