---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 548.7"
title: "9"
number: "548.7"
heading: "Use of new animal drugs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/548.7"
---

# §548.7. Use of new animal drugs.


Edible tissues of fish with residues exceeding tolerance levels specified in [21 CFR part 556](/cfr/21/part556.md) or established in an import tolerance under [21 U.S.C. 360b(a)(6)](/usc/21/360b.md?p=a-6) are adulterated within the meaning of [section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii)](/cfr/9/402.md?p=a-2-C-ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act because they bear or contain a new animal drug that is unsafe within the meaning of [section 512](/cfr/9/512.md) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633; 21 U.S.C. 601-602, 606-695; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 75616, Dec. 2, 2015, unless otherwise noted.