---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 701.1"
title: "21"
number: "701.1"
heading: "Misbranding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/701.1"
---

# §701.1. Misbranding.

- (a) Among representations in labeling of a cosmetic which render such cosmetic misbranded is a false or misleading representation with respect to another cosmetic or a food, drug, or device.
- (b) The labeling of a cosmetic which contains two or more ingredients may be misleading by reason (among other reasons) of the designation of such cosmetic in such labeling by a name which includes or suggests the name of one or more but not all such ingredients, even though the names of all such ingredients are stated elsewhere in the labeling.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 352, 361, 362, 363, 371, 374; 15 U.S.C. 1454, 1455.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 10056, Mar. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.