[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: 21CFR172.863]
[Page 101]
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 I_Multipurpose Additives
Sec. 172.863 Salts of fatty acids.
The food additive salts of fatty acids may be safely used in food
and in the manufacture of food components in accordance with the
following prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive consists of one or any mixture of two or more of
the aluminum, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium salts of the
fatty acids conforming with Sec. 172.860 and/or oleic acid derived from
tall oil fatty acids conforming with Sec. 172.862.
(b) The food additive is used or intended for use as a binder,
emulsifier, and anticaking agent in food in accordance with good
manufacturing practice.
(c) To assure safe use of the additive, the label and labeling of
the additive and any premix thereof shall bear, in addition to the other
information required by the Act, the following:
(1) The common or usual name of the fatty acid salt or salts
contained therein.
(2) The words ``food grade,'' in juxtaposition with and equally as
prominent as the name of the salt.
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