---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 501.103"
title: "21"
number: "501.103"
heading: "Petitions requesting exemptions from or special requirements for label declaration of ingredients."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/501.103"
---

# §501.103. Petitions requesting exemptions from or special requirements for label declaration of ingredients.


The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, either on his own initiative or on behalf of any interested person who has submitted a petition pursuant to [part 10](/cfr/21/part10.md) of this chapter may issue a proposal to amend [§ 501.4](/cfr/21/501.4.md) to specify the manner in which an ingredient(s) shall be declared, i.e., by specific or class name, or [§ 501.100](/cfr/21/501.100.md) to exempt an ingredient(s) from the requirements for label declaration.


## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 38619, Sept. 10, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 15675, Mar. 22, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1453, 1454, 1455; 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 342, 343, 348, 371.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38619, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 38619, Sept. 10, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 15675, Mar. 22, 1977]