---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 12.140"
title: "21"
number: "12.140"
heading: "Review by the courts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/12.140"
---

# §12.140. Review by the courts.

- (a) The Commissioner's final decision constitutes final agency action from which a participant may petition for judicial review under the statutes governing the matter involved. Before requesting an order from a court for a stay of action pending review, a participant shall first submit a petition for a stay of action under [§ 10.35](/cfr/21/10.35.md).
- (b) Under [28 U.S.C. 2112(a)](/usc/28/2112.md?p=a), FDA will request consolidation of all petitions related to a particular matter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 141-149, 321-393, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 42 U.S.C. 201, 262, 263b-263n, 264; 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461; 5 U.S.C. 551-558, 701-721; 28 U.S.C. 2112.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 22339, Apr. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.