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            <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>21 CFR 600.3</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 216</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 262</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 263</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 263a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 264</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 300aa-25</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 111–148, title VII, sec. 7002(e), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 817</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Janice</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Weiner</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>L.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Principal Regulatory Counsel</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>301 796-3475</PHONE>
                <FAX>301 847-8440</FAX>
                <EMAIL>janice.weiner@fda.hhs.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 51, Room 6270,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Silver Spring</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20993-0002</ZIP>
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