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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: 21CFR184.1141b]

[Page 499-500]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 184 DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS 
 
        Subpart B Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
 
Sec.  184.1141b  Ammonium phosphate, dibasic.

    (a) Ammonium phosphate, dibasic 
((NH4)2HPO4, CAS Reg. No. 7783-28-0) is 
manufactured by reacting ammonia with phosphoric acid at a pH above 5.8.
    (b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals 
Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), p. 21, which is incorporated by reference. Copies 
are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20418, or available for inspection 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.
    (c) In accordance with Sec.  184.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used in 
food with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice. 
The affirmation of this ingredient as generally recognized as safe 
(GRAS) as a direct human food ingredient is based upon

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the following current good manufacturing practice conditions of use:
    (1) The ingredient is used as a dough strengthener as defined in 
Sec.  170.3(o)(6) of this chapter; a firming agent as defined in Sec.  
170.3(o)(10) of this chapter; a leavening agent as defined in Sec.  
170.3(o)(17) of this chapter; a pH control agent as defined in Sec.  
170.3(o)(23) of this chapter; and a processing aid as defined in Sec.  
170.3(o)(24) of this chapter.
    (2) The ingredient is used in food at levels not to exceed current 
good manufacturing practice.
    (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses 
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

[48 FR 52440, Nov. 18, 1983]




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