[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.365]
[Page 50]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 172_FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
Subpart D_Special Dietary and Nutritional Additives
Sec. 172.365 Kelp.
Kelp may be safely added to a food as a source of the essential
mineral iodine, provided the maximum intake of the food as may be
consumed during a period of one day, or as directed for use in the case
of a dietary supplement, will not result in daily ingestion of the
additive so as to provide a total amount of iodine in excess of 225
micrograms for foods labeled without reference to age or physiological
state; and when age or the conditions of pregnancy or lactation are
specified, in excess of 45 micrograms for infants, 105 micrograms for
children under 4 years of age, 225 micrograms for adults and children 4
or more years of age, and 300 micrograms for pregnant or lactating
women. The food additive kelp is the dehydrated, ground product prepared
from Macrocystis pyrifera, Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina, and
Laminaria cloustoni.
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