---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 46.408"
title: "48"
number: "46.408"
heading: "Single-agency assignments of Government contract quality assurance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/46.408"
---

# §46.408. Single-agency assignments of Government contract quality assurance.

- (a) Government-wide responsibility for quality assurance support for acquisitions of certain commodities is assigned as follows:
  - (1) **For drugs, biologics, and other medical supplies—** the Food and Drug Administration;
  - (2) **For food, except seafood—** the Department of Agriculture.
  - (3) **For seafood—** the National Marine Fisheries Service of the Department of Commerce.
- (b) Agencies requiring quality assurance support for acquiring these supplies should request the support directly from the cognizant office.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42415, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.