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168.160 Sorghum sirup.

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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR168.160]

[Page 547]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 168_SWEETENERS AND TABLE SIRUPS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Sweeteners and Table 
                                 Sirups
 
Sec.  168.160  Sorghum sirup.

    (a) Sorghum sirup is the liquid food derived by concentration and 
heat treatment of the juice of sorghum cane (sorgos) (Sorghum vulgare). 
It contains not less than 74 percent by weight of soluble solids derived 
solely from such juice. The concentration may be adjusted with or 
without added water. It may contain one or more of the optional 
ingredients provided for in paragraph (b) of this section. All 
ingredients from which the food is fabricated shall be safe and 
suitable.
    (b) The optional ingredients that may be used in sorghum sirup are:
    (1) Salt.
    (2) Chemical preservatives.
    (3) Defoaming agents.
    (4) Enzymes.
    (5) Anticrystallizing agents.
    (6) Antisolidifying agents.
    (c) The name of the food is ``Sorghum sirup'' or ``Sorghum''. 
Alternatively, the word ``sirup'' may be spelled ``syrup''.
    (d) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food 
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of 
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.

[42 FR 14479, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2886, Jan. 6, 1993]





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Source: U.S. Code of Federal Regulations - CFR Title 21, Part 168, Section 160


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