---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.1370"
title: "21"
number: "1.1370"
heading: "What must be included in a petition requesting modified requirements or an exemption from the requirements?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.1370"
---

# §1.1370. What must be included in a petition requesting modified requirements or an exemption from the requirements?


In addition to meeting the requirements on the content and format of a citizen petition in [§ 10.30](/cfr/21/10.30.md) of this chapter, a petition requesting modified requirements or an exemption from the requirements of this subpart must:

- (a) Specify the food or type of entity to which the modified requirements or exemption would apply;
- (b) If the petition requests modified requirements, specify the proposed modifications to the requirements of this subpart; and
- (c) Present information demonstrating why application of the requirements requested to be modified or from which exemption is requested is not necessary to protect the public health.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 71077, Nov. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1333, 1453, 1454, 1455, 4402; 19 U.S.C. 1490, 1491; 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335a, 342, 343, 350c, 350d, 350j, 352, 355, 360b, 360ccc, 360ccc-1, 360ccc-2, 362, 371, 374, 381, 382, 384a, 387, 387a, 387c, 393, and 2223; 42 U.S.C. 216, 241, 243, 262, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15553, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.