---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 502.19"
title: "21"
number: "502.19"
heading: "Petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/502.19"
---

# §502.19. Petitions.

- (a) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, either on his own initiative or on behalf of any interested person who has submitted a petition, may publish a proposal to issue, amend, or revoke, under this part, a regulation prescribing a common or usual name for a food, pursuant to [part 10](/cfr/21/part10.md) of this chapter.
- (b) If the principal display panel of a food for which a common or usual name regulation is established is too small to accommodate all mandatory requirements, the Commissioner may establish by regulation an acceptable alternative, e.g., a smaller type size. A petition requesting such a regulation, which would amend the applicable regulation, shall be submitted pursuant to [part 10](/cfr/21/part10.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 4716, Jan. 25, 1977; 42 FR 10980, Feb. 25, 1977. Redesignated at 42 FR 14091, Mar. 15, 1977, and amended at 42 FR 15675, Mar. 22, 1977; 42 FR 24254, May 13, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 343, 371.

### Amendments

[42 FR 4716, Jan. 25, 1977; 42 FR 10980, Feb. 25, 1977. Redesignated at 42 FR 14091, Mar. 15, 1977, and amended at 42 FR 15675, Mar. 22, 1977; 42 FR 24254, May 13, 1977]