[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: 21CFR184.1141b]
[Page 498-499]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 184_DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS
SAFE--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
Sec. 184.1141b Ammonium phosphate, dibasic.
(a) Ammonium phosphate, dibasic
((NH4)2HPO4, CAS Reg. No. 7783-28-0) is
manufactured by reacting ammonia with phosphoric acid at a pH above 5.8.
(b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals
Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), p. 21, which is incorporated by reference. Copies
are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20418, or available for inspection at the National
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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.
(c) In accordance with Sec. 184.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used in
food with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice.
The affirmation of this ingredient as generally recognized as safe
(GRAS) as a direct human food ingredient is based upon
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the following current good manufacturing practice conditions of use:
(1) The ingredient is used as a dough strengthener as defined in
Sec. 170.3(o)(6) of this chapter; a firming agent as defined in Sec.
170.3(o)(10) of this chapter; a leavening agent as defined in Sec.
170.3(o)(17) of this chapter; a pH control agent as defined in Sec.
170.3(o)(23) of this chapter; and a processing aid as defined in Sec.
170.3(o)(24) of this chapter.
(2) The ingredient is used in food at levels not to exceed current
good manufacturing practice.
(d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.
[48 FR 52440, Nov. 18, 1983]
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