21 CFR § 701.1 - Misbranding.

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title: "21 CFR § 701.1 - Misbranding."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "701.1"
section_name: "Misbranding."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "COSMETICS"
part_number: "701"
part_name: "COSMETIC LABELING"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 352, 361, 362, 363, 371, 374; 15 U.S.C. 1454, 1455."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 10056, Mar. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
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# 701.1 Misbranding.

(a) Among representations in labeling of a cosmetic which render such cosmetic misbranded is a false or misleading representation with respect to another cosmetic or a food, drug, or device.

(b) The labeling of a cosmetic which contains two or more ingredients may be misleading by reason (among other reasons) of the designation of such cosmetic in such labeling by a name which includes or suggests the name of one or more but not all such ingredients, even though the names of all such ingredients are stated elsewhere in the labeling.