---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 299.3"
title: "21"
number: "299.3"
heading: "Definitions and interpretations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/299.3"
---

# §299.3. Definitions and interpretations.

- (a) As used in this part 299, act means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, sections [201-902](/cfr/21/201-902.md), [52](/cfr/21/52.md) Stat. 1040 ([21 U.S.C. 321-392](/usc/21/321-392.md)), with all amendments thereto.
- (b) The definitions and interpretations contained in [section 201](/cfr/21/201.md) of the act shall be applicable to such terms when used in this part 299.
- (c) The term official name means, with respect to a drug or ingredient thereof, the name designated in this part 299 under [section 508](/cfr/21/508.md) of the act as the official name.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 351, 352, 355, 358, 360b, 371.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 14041, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.