---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 71.27"
title: "21"
number: "71.27"
heading: "Listing and exemption from certification on the Commissioner's initiative."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/71.27"
---

# §71.27. Listing and exemption from certification on the Commissioner's initiative.


Where a petition for a regulation to list a color additive has not been received and the Commissioner has available facts which demonstrate that a color additive should be listed and/or that certification procedure is not necessary in order to protect the public health, he may list such color additive by appropriate regulation and listing in part [73](/cfr/21/part73.md) or [74](/cfr/21/part74.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 351, 355, 360, 360b-360f, 360h-360j, 361, 371, 379e, 381; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15639, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.