---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 509.5"
title: "21"
number: "509.5"
heading: "Petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/509.5"
---

# §509.5. Petitions.


The Commissioner of Food and Drugs, either on his own initiative or on behalf of any interested person who has submitted a petition, may issue a proposal to establish, revoke, or amend a regulation under this part. Any such petition shall include an adequate factual basis to support the petition, shall be in the form set forth in [§ 10.30](/cfr/21/10.30.md) of this chapter, and will be published in the Federal Register for comment if it contains reasonable grounds for the proposed regulation.


## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 52821, Sept. 30, 1977, as amended at 54 FR 18280, Apr. 28, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 336, 342, 346, 346a, 348, 371.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 52821, Sept. 30, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 52821, Sept. 30, 1977, as amended at 54 FR 18280, Apr. 28, 1989]