---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1.404"
title: "21"
number: "1.404"
heading: "Who serves as the presiding officer for an appeal and for an informal hearing?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1.404"
---

# §1.404. Who serves as the presiding officer for an appeal and for an informal hearing?


The presiding officer for an appeal, and for an informal hearing, must be an Office of Regulatory Affairs Program Director or another FDA official senior to an FDA Division Director.


## Notes

### Amendments

[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

[85 FR 16550, Mar. 24, 2020]