---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 14.5"
title: "21"
number: "14.5"
heading: "Purpose of proceedings before an advisory committee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/14.5"
---

# §14.5. Purpose of proceedings before an advisory committee.

- (a) An advisory committee is utilized to conduct public hearings on matters of importance that come before FDA, to review the issues involved, and to provide advice and recommendations to the Commissioner.
- (b) The Commissioner has sole discretion concerning action to be taken and policy to be expressed on any matter considered by an advisory committee.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461; 21 U.S.C. 41-50, 141-149, 321-394, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 28 U.S.C. 2112; 42 U.S.C. 201, 262, 263b, 264, 284m, 284m-1; Pub. L. 107-109, 115 Stat. 1419.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 22351, Apr. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.