21 CFR § 1230.3 - Definitions.

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title: "21 CFR § 1230.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1230.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
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"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 1261-1276."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 32110, Nov. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1230.3 Definitions.

(a) The word *container* as used in the regulations in this part means a retail parcel, package, or container suitable for household use and employed exclusively to hold any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance defined in the act.

(b) The words *suitable for household use* mean and imply adaptability for ready or convenient handling in places where people dwell.