[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: 21CFR172.620]
[Page 69]
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 G_Gums, Chewing Gum Bases and Related Substances
Sec. 172.620 Carrageenan.
The food additive carrageenan may be safely used in food in
accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) The food additive is the refined hydrocolloid prepared by
aqueous extraction from the following members of the families
Gigartinaceae and Solieriaceae of the class Rodophyceae (red seaweed):
Chondrus crispus.
Chondrus ocellatus.
Eucheuma cottonii.
Eucheuma spinosum.
Gigartina acicularis.
Gigartina pistillata.
Gigartina radula.
Gigartina stellata.
(b) The food additive conforms to the following conditions:
(1) It is a sulfated polysaccharide the dominant hexose units of
which are galactose and anhydrogalactose.
(2) Range of sulfate content: 20 percent to 40 percent on a dry-
weight basis.
(c) The food additive is used or intended for use in the amount
necessary for an emulsifier, stabilizer, or thickener in foods, except
for those standardized foods that do not provide for such use.
(d) To assure safe use of the additive, the label and labeling of
the additive shall bear the name of the additive, carrageenan.
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