---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 20.24"
title: "21"
number: "20.24"
heading: "Preparation of new records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/20.24"
---

# §20.24. Preparation of new records.

- (a) The Freedom of Information Act and the provisions of this part apply only to existing records that are reasonably described in a request filed with the Food and Drug Administration pursuant to the procedures established in subpart C of this part.
- (b) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, prepare new records in order to respond adequately to a request for information when he concludes that it is in the public interest and promotes the objectives of the act and the agency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 19 U.S.C. 2531-2582; 21 U.S.C. 321-393, 1401-1403; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242, 242a, 242l, 242n, 243, 262, 263, 263b-263n, 264, 265, 300u-300u-5, 300aa-1.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15616, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.