---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "ch9/schVII/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "General Administrative Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/21/ch9-schVII-ptA"
sections_count: 22
---

# Part A — General Administrative Provisions

Title 21 — Food and Drugs › Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act › Subchapter VII — General Authority

## Sections

- [§371. Regulations and hearings](/usc/21/371.md)
- [§372. Examinations and investigations](/usc/21/372.md)
- [§372a. Transferred](/usc/21/372a.md)
- [§373. Records](/usc/21/373.md)
- [§374. Inspection](/usc/21/374.md)
- [§374a. Inspections relating to food allergens](/usc/21/374a.md)
- [§375. Publicity](/usc/21/375.md)
- [§376. Examination of sea food on request of packer; marking food with results; fees; penalties](/usc/21/376.md)
- [§377. Revision of United States Pharmacopoeia; development of analysis and mechanical and physical tests](/usc/21/377.md)
- [§378. Advertising of foods](/usc/21/378.md)
- [§379. Confidential information](/usc/21/379.md)
- [§379a. Presumption of existence of jurisdiction](/usc/21/379a.md)
- [§379b. Consolidated administrative and laboratory facility](/usc/21/379b.md)
- [§379c. Transferred](/usc/21/379c.md)
- [§379d. Automation of Food and Drug Administration](/usc/21/379d.md)
- [§379d–1. Conflicts of interest](/usc/21/379d-1.md)
- [§379d–2. Policy on the review and clearance of scientific articles published by FDA employees](/usc/21/379d-2.md)
- [§379d–3. Streamlined hiring authority](/usc/21/379d-3.md)
- [§379d–3a. Hiring authority for scientific, technical, and professional personnel](/usc/21/379d-3a.md)
- [§379d–3b. Strategic Workforce Plan and report](/usc/21/379d-3b.md)
- [§379d–4. Reporting requirements](/usc/21/379d-4.md)
- [§379d–5. Guidance document regarding product promotion using the Internet](/usc/21/379d-5.md)