---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.391"
title: "21"
number: "1.391"
heading: "Who approves a detention order?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.391"
---

# §1.391. Who approves a detention order?


An authorized FDA representative must approve a detention order. If prior written approval is not feasible, prior oral approval must be obtained and confirmed in writing as soon as possible.


## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 31701, June 4, 2004, as amended at 85 FR 16550, Mar. 24, 2020]

### 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

[69 FR 31701, June 4, 2004, as amended at 85 FR 16550, Mar. 24, 2020]