21 USC § 364i - Exemption for certain products and facilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t21/s364i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "21 USC § 364i - Exemption for certain products and facilities"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "364i"
section_name: "Exemption for certain products and facilities"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "COSMETICS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 613, as added Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title III, § 3502, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5857.)"
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# § 364i. Exemption for certain products and facilities

**(a)** **In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (b), a cosmetic product or facility that is also subject to the requirements of subchapter V shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 364a, 364b, 364c, 364d, 364e(a), 364f, and 364g of this title.

**(b)** **Exception** A facility described in subsection (a) that also manufactures or processes cosmetic products that are not subject to the requirements of subchapter V shall not be exempt from the requirements of sections 364a, 364b, 364c, 364d, 364e(a), 364f, and 364g of this title, with respect to such cosmetic products.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 613, as added Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title III, § 3502, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5857.)

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