[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: 21CFR173.370]
[Page 149-150]
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 D_Specific Usage Additives
Sec. 173.370 Peroxyacids.
Peroxyacids may be safely used in accordance with the following
prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive is a mixture of peroxyacetic acid, octanoic acid,
acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyoctanoic acid, and 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid.
(b)(1) The additive is used as an antimicrobial agent on meat
carcasses, parts, trim, and organs in accordance with current industry
practice where the maximum concentration of peroxyacids is 220 parts per
million (ppm) as peroxyacetic acid, and the maximum concentration of
hydrogen peroxide is 75 ppm.
(2) The additive is used as an antimicrobial agent on poultry
carcasses, poultry parts, and organs in accordance with current industry
standards of good manufacturing practice (unless precluded by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's standards of identity in 9 CFR part 381,
subpart P) where the maximum concentration of peroxyacids is 220 parts
per million (ppm) as peroxyacetic acid, the maximum concentration of
hydrogen peroxide is 110 ppm, and the maximum concentration of 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) is 13 ppm.
(c) The concentrations of peroxyacids and hydrogen peroxide in the
additive are determined by a method entitled ``Hydrogen Peroxide and
Peracid (as Peracetic Acid) Content,'' July 26, 2000, developed by
Ecolab, Inc., St. Paul, MN, which is incorporated by reference. The
concentration of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid is determined
by a method entitled ``Determination of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-
diphosphonic
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acid (HEDP) Peroxyacid/Peroxide-Containing Solutions,'' August 21, 2001,
developed by Ecolab, Inc., St. Paul, MN, which is incorporated by
reference. The Director of the Office of the Federal Register approves
these incorporations by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and
1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies of these methods from the Division
of Petition Review, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food
and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD
20740, or you may examine a copy at the Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition's Library, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD
20740, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-
741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--
federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.
[65 FR 70660, Nov. 27, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 48208, Sept. 19, 2001;
67 FR 61784, Oct. 2, 2002]
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