[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: 21CFR184.1333]
[Page 525-526]
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. 184.1333 Gum ghatti.
(a) Gum ghatti (Indian gum) is an exudate from wounds in the bark of
Anogeissus latifolia, a large tree found in the dry deciduous forests of
India and Ceylon.
(b) The ingredient complies with the following specifications:
(1) Viscosity of a 1-percent solution. Not less than the minimum or
within the range claimed by the vendor.
(2) Limits of impurities--(i) Arsenic (as AL). Not more than 3 parts
per million (0.0003 percent);
(ii) Ash (acid-insoluble). Not more than 1.75 percent;
(iii) Ash (total). Not more than 6.0 percent;
(iv) Heavy metals (as Pb). Not more than 40 parts per million (0.004
percent); and
(v) Lead. Not more than 10 parts per million (0.001 percent).
(3) Loss on drying. Not more than 14 percent dried at 105 [deg]C for
5 hours.
(4) Identification test. Add 0.2 ml of diluted lead acetate as
outlined in ``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of
Official Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), section 31.178(b), p.
529, under ``Dilute Basic Lead Acetate Standard Solution,'' which is
incorporated by reference (Copies are available from the AOAC
INTERNATIONAL, 481 North Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD
20877, or may be examined 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.),
to 5 ml of a cold 1-in-100 aqueous solution of the gum. An immediate,
voluminous, opaque precipitate indicates acacia. A small precipitate or
clear solution which produces an opaque flocculent precipitate upon the
additon of 1 ml of 3 N ammonimum hydroxide indicates gum ghatti.
(c) The ingredient is used in food under the following conditions:
Maximum Usage Levels Permitted
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Food (as served) Percent Function
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Beverages and beverage bases, 0.2 Emulsifier and emulsifier
nonalcoholic, Sec. salt, Sec. 170.3(o)(8) of
170.3(n)(3) of this chapter. this chapter.
All other food categories.... .1 Emulsifier and emulsifier
salt, Sec. 170.3(o)(8) of
this chapter.
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(d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.
[42 FR 14653, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 5612, Feb. 14, 1984]
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