---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 884.5435"
title: "21"
number: "884.5435"
heading: "Unscented menstrual pad."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/884.5435"
---

# §884.5435. Unscented menstrual pad.

- (a) **Identification.** An unscented menstrual pad is a device that is a pad made of cellulosic or synthetic material which is used to absorb menstrual or other vaginal discharge. This generic type of device includes sterile unscented menstrual pads used for medically indicated conditions, but does not include menstrual pads treated with scent (i.e., fragrance materials) or those with added antimicrobial agents or other drugs.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to the limitations in [§ 884.9](/cfr/21/884.9.md) only when the device is made of common cellulosic and synthetic material with an established safety profile.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, as amended at 61 FR 67714, Dec. 24, 1996; 65 FR 2320, Jan. 14, 2000; 73 FR 34860, June 19, 2008; 84 FR 71816, Dec. 30, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l , 371.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 12684, Feb. 26, 1980, as amended at 61 FR 67714, Dec. 24, 1996; 65 FR 2320, Jan. 14, 2000; 73 FR 34860, June 19, 2008; 84 FR 71816, Dec. 30, 2019]