[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: 21CFR173.375]
[Page 150.151]
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. 173.375 Cetylpyridinium chloride.
Cetylpyridinium chloride (CAS Reg. No. 123-03-5) may be safely used
in food
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in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive meets the specifications of the United States
Pharmacopeia (USP)/National Formulary (NF) methods described in USP 24/
NF 19, p. 370, January 2000, which is incorporated by reference. The
Director of the Office of the Federal Register approves this
incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR
part 51. You may obtain copies from the United States Pharmacopeial
Convention, Inc., 12601 Twinbrook Pkwy., Rockville, MD 20852, or you may
examine a copy at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's
Library, Food and Drug Administration, 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.
(b) The additive is used in food as an antimicrobial agent as
defined in Sec. 170.3(o)(2) of this chapter to treat the surface of raw
poultry carcasses. The additive is applied as a fine mist spray of an
ambient temperature aqueous solution to raw poultry carcasses prior to
immersion in a chiller, at a level not to exceed 0.3 gram
cetylpyridinium chloride per pound of raw poultry carcass. The aqueous
solution shall also contain propylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 57-55-6)
complying with Sec. 184.1666 of this chapter, at a concentration of 1.5
times that of the cetylpyridinium chloride.
(c) The additive shall be used in systems that collect and recycle
solution that is not carried out of the system with the treated poultry
carcasses.
[69 FR 17298, Apr. 2, 2004]
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