21 CFR § 80.38 - Treatment of batch after certification.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s80.38"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 80.38 - Treatment of batch after certification."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "80.38"
section_name: "Treatment of batch after certification."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "80"
part_name: "COLOR ADDITIVE CERTIFICATION"
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. 371, 379e."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 15662, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "80"
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# 80.38 Treatment of batch after certification.
(a) Immediately upon notification that a batch of color additive has been certified, the person requesting certification thereof shall identify such batch, by labeling, with the certified lot number.
(b) The person requesting certification shall maintain storage in such manner as to prevent change in composition until such batch has been packaged and labeled as required by §§ 70.20 and 70.25 of this chapter, except that the person requesting certification may use such color additive for the purpose of coloring a food, drug, or cosmetic.