[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: 21CFR173.145]
[Page 131]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 173_SECONDARY DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Enzyme Preparations and Microorganisms
Sec. 173.145 Alpha-Galactosidase derived from Mortierella vinaceae var.
raffinoseutilizer.
The food additive alpha-galactosidase and parent mycelial
microorganism Mortierella vinaceae var. raffinoseutilizer may be safely
used in food in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) The food additive is the enzyme alpha-galactosidase and the
mycelia of the microorganism Mortierella vinaceae var. raffinoseutilizer
which produces the enzyme.
(b) The nonpathogenic microorganism matches American Type Culture
Collection (ATCC) No. 20034, \1\ and is classified as follows:
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\1\ Available from: American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn
Drive, Rockville, MD 20852.
Class: Phycomycetes.
Order: Mucorales.
Family: Mortierellaceae.
Genus: Mortierella.
Species: vinaceae.
Variety: raffinoseutilizer.
(c) The additive is used or intended for use in the production of
sugar (sucrose) from sugar beets by addition as mycelial pellets to the
molasses to increase the yield of sucrose, followed by removal of the
spent mycelial pellets by filtration.
(d) The enzyme removal is such that there are no enzyme or mycelial
residues remaining in the finished sucrose.
[42 FR 14526, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 54 FR 24897, June 12, 1989]
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