[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: 21CFR186.1275]
[Page 587]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 186_INDIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS
SAFE--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
Sec. 186.1275 Dextrans.
(a) Dextrans (CAS Reg. No. 9004-54-0) are high molecular weight
polysaccharides produced by bacterial fermentation of sucrose.
Commercially available dextrans are synthesized from sucrose by
Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain NRRL B-512(F). Partial depolymerization
and purification of the fermented mixture shall produce a product that
is free of viable microorganisms.
(b) The ingredient is used or intended for use as a constituent of
food-contact surfaces.
(c) The ingredient is used at levels not to exceed good
manufacturing practice.
(d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.
[43 FR 29288, July 7, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 48457, Oct. 19, 1983]
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