Administrative action
Administrative action includes every act, including the refusal or failure to act, involved in the administration of any law by the Commissioner, except that it does not include the referral of apparent violations to U.S. attorneys for the institution of civil or criminal proceedings or an act in preparation of a referral.
Source
21 CFR § 10.3
Scoping language
The following definitions apply in this part and parts 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 19: