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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.655]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172 FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN
 
        Subpart G Gums, Chewing Gum Bases and Related Substances
 
Sec.  172.655  Furcelleran.

    The food additive furcelleran may be safely used in food in 
accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
    (a) The food additive is the refined hydrocolloid prepared by 
aqueous extraction of furcellaria fastigiata of the class Rodophyceae 
(red seaweed).
    (b) The food additive conforms to the following:
    (1) It is a sulfated polysaccharide the dominant hexose units of 
which are galactose and anhydrogalactose.
    (2) Range of sulfate content: 8 percent to 19 percent, on a dry-
weight basis.
    (c) The food additive is used or intended for use in the amount 
necessary for an emulsifier, stabilizer, or thickener in foods, except 
for those standardized foods that do not provide for such use.
    (d) To assure safe use of the additive, the label and labeling of 
the additive shall bear the name of the additive, furcelleran.




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