21 CFR § 1230.11 - Required wording.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1230.11"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1230.11 - Required wording."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1230.11"
section_name: "Required wording."
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: "1230"
part_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL CAUSTIC POISON ACT"
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. 1261-1276."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 32110, Nov. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1230"
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# 1230.11 Required wording.

(a) The common name of the dangerous caustic or corrosive substance which shall appear on the label or sticker is the name given in section 2(a) of the act (44 Stat. 1406; 15 U.S.C. 402) or any other name commonly employed to designate and identify such substance.

(b) Preparations within the scope of the act bearing trade or fanciful names shall, in addition, be labeled with the common name of the dangerous caustic or corrosive substance contained therein and comply with all the other requirements of the act and of the regulations in this part.