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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: 21CFR180.30]

[Page 461]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180 FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD OR IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ON AN
 
       Subpart B Specific Requirements for Certain Food Additives
 
Sec.  180.30  Brominated vegetable oil.

    The food additive brominated vegetable oil may be safely used in 
accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
    (a) The additive complies with specifications prescribed in the 
``Food Chemicals Codex,'' 3d Ed. (1981), pp. 40-41, which is 
incorporated by reference, except that free fatty acids (as oleic) shall 
not exceed 2.5 percent and iodine value shall not exceed 16. Copies of 
the material incorporated by reference may be obtained from the National 
Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20418, or may 
be examined 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 on an interim basis as a stabilizer for 
flavoring oils used in fruit-flavored beverages, for which any 
applicable standards of identity do not preclude such use, in an amount 
not to exceed 15 parts per million in the finished beverage, pending the 
outcome of additional toxicological studies on which periodic reports at 
6-month intervals are to be furnished and final results submitted to the 
Food and Drug Administration promptly after completion of the studies.

[42 FR 14636, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 5610, Feb. 14, 1984]




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