[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: 21CFR173.370]
[Page 150]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 173 SECONDARY DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN
Subpart D Specific Usage Additives
Sec. 173.370 Peroxyacids.
Peroxyacids may be safely used in accordance with the following
prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive is a mixture of peroxyacetic acid, octanoic acid,
acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyoctanoic acid, and 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid.
(b)(1) The additive is used as an antimicrobial agent on meat
carcasses, parts, trim, and organs in accordance with current industry
practice where the maximum concentration of peroxyacids is 220 parts per
million (ppm) as peroxyacetic acid, and the maximum concentration of
hydrogen peroxide is 75 ppm.
(2) The additive is used as an antimicrobial agent on poultry
carcasses, poultry parts, and organs in accordance with current industry
standards of good manufacturing practice (unless precluded by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's standards of identity in 9 CFR part 381,
subpart P) where the maximum concentration of peroxyacids is 220 parts
per million (ppm) as peroxyacetic acid, the maximum concentration of
hydrogen peroxide is 110 ppm, and the maximum concentration of 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) is 13 ppm.
(c) The concentrations of peroxyacids and hydrogen peroxide in the
additive are determined by a method entitled ``Hydrogen Peroxide and
Peracid (as Peracetic Acid) Content,'' July 26, 2000, developed by
Ecolab, Inc., St. Paul, MN, which is incorporated by reference. The
concentration of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid is determined
by a method entitled ``Determination of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-
diphosphonic acid (HEDP) Peroxyacid/Peroxide-Containing Solutions,''
August 21, 2001, developed by Ecolab, Inc., St. Paul, MN, which is
incorporated by reference. The Director of the Office of the Federal
Register approves these incorporations by reference in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies of these methods
from the Division of Petition Review, Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy.,
College Park, MD 20740, or you may examine a copy at the Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition's Library, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College
Park, MD 20740, or 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.
[65 FR 70660, Nov. 27, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 48208, Sept. 19, 2001;
67 FR 61784, Oct. 2, 2002]
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