Civil Money Penalties Hearings; Maximum Penalty Amounts; Technical Amendment

Federal Register: March 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 59)

Rules and Regulations

Page 15883-15884

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration 21 CFR Part 17

Civil Money Penalties Hearings; Maximum Penalty Amounts;

Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its civil money penalties regulations to correct an inadvertent typographical error. This action is editorial in nature and is intended to improve the accuracy of the agency's regulations.

DATES: This rule is effective March 26, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Strong, Office of Policy,

Planning, and Preparedness (HF-27), Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-7010.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is amending its regulations in 21 CFR part 17 to correct an inadvertent typographical error.

Publication of this document constitutes final action on this change under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). Notice and public procedures are unnecessary because FDA is merely correcting a nonsubstantive error.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 17

Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties. 0

Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 17 is amended as follows:

PART 17--CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES HEARINGS 0 1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 17 continues to read as follows:

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Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 333, 337, 351, 352, 355, 360, 360c, 360f, 360i, 360j, 371; 42 U.S.C. 262, 263b, 300aa-28; 5 U.S.C. 554, 555, 556, 557. 0 2. In Sec. 17.2, revise the introductory text to read as follows:

Sec. 17.2 Maximum penalty amounts.

The following table shows maximum civil monetary penalties associated with the statutory provisions authorizing civil monetary penalties under the act or the Public Health Service Act:

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Dated: March 18, 2008.

Jeffrey Shuren,

Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.

FR Doc. E8-6082 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am

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