[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR73.295]
[Page 350-351]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
PART 73_LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION--Table
of Contents
Subpart A_Foods
Sec. 73.295 Tagetes (Aztec marigold) meal and extract.
(a) Identity. (1) The color additive tagetes (Aztec marigold) meal
is the dried, ground flower petals of the Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta
L.) mixed with not more than 0.3 percent ethoxyquin.
(2) The color additive tagetes (Aztec marigold) extract is a hexane
extract of the flower petals of the Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta L.).
It is mixed with an edible vegetable oil, or with an edible vegetable
oil and a hydrogenated edible vegetable oil, and not more than 0.3
percent ethoxyquin. It may also be mixed with soy flour or corn meal as
a carrier.
(b) Specifications. (1) Tagetes (Aztec marigold) meal is free from
admixture with other plant material from Tageteserecta L. or from plant
material or flowers of any other species of plants.
(2) Tagetes (Aztec marigold) extract shall be prepared from tagetes
(Aztec marigold) petals meeting the specifications set forth in
paragraph (b)(1) of this section and shall conform to the following
additional specifications:
Melting point............................. 53.5-55.0 [deg]C.
Iodine value.............................. 132-145.
Saponification value...................... 175-200.
Acid value................................ 0.60-1.20.
Titer..................................... 35.5[deg]-37.0 [deg]C.
Unsaponifiable matter..................... 23.0 percent-27.0 percent.
Hexane residue............................ Not more than 25 p.p.m.
All determinations, except the hexane residue, shall be made on the
initial extract of the flower petals (after drying in a vacuum oven at
60 [deg]C. for 24 hours) prior to the addition of the oils and
ethoxyquin. The hexane determination shall be made on the color additive
after the addition of the vegetable oils, hydrogenated vegetable oils,
and ethoxyquin.
(c) Uses and restrictions. The color additives tagetes (Aztec
marigold) meal and extract may be safely used in chicken feed in
accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(1) The color additives are used to enhance the yellow color of
chicken skin and eggs.
(2) The quantity of the color additives incorporated in the feed is
such that the finished feed:
(i) Is supplemented sufficiently with xanthophyll and associated
carotenoids so as to accomplish the intended effect described in
paragraph (c)(1) of this section; and
(ii) Meets the tolerance limitation for ethoxyquin in animal feed
prescribed in Sec. 573.380 of this chapter.
(d) Labeling requirements. The label of the color additives and any
premixes prepared therefrom shall bear, in addition to the information
required by Sec. 70.25 of this chapter:
(1) A statement of the concentrations of xanthophyll and ethoxyquin
contained therein.
(2) Adequate directions to provide a final product complying with
the limitations prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section.
(e) Exemption from certification. Certification of this color
additive is not
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necessary for the protection of the public health, and therefore batches
thereof are exempt from the certification requirements of section 721(c)
of the act.
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