---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.378"
title: "21"
number: "1.378"
heading: "What criteria does FDA use to order a detention?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.378"
---

# §1.378. What criteria does FDA use to order a detention?


An officer or qualified employee of FDA may order the detention of any article of food that is found during an inspection, examination, or investigation under the act if the officer or qualified employee has reason to believe that the article of food is adulterated or misbranded.


## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 25541, May 5, 2011]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 31701, June 4, 2004, 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.

### Amendments

[76 FR 25541, May 5, 2011]