[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: 21CFR184.1271]
[Page 514]
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. 184.1271 L-Cysteine.
(a) L-Cysteine is the chemical L-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid
(C3H7O2NS).
(b) The ingredient meets the appropriate part of the specification
set forth in the ``Food Chemicals Codex,'' 3d Ed. (1981), pp. 92-93,
which is incorporated by reference. Copies 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.
(c) The ingredient is used to supply up to 0.009 part of total L-
cysteine per 100 parts of flour in dough as a dough strengthener as
defined in Sec. 170.3(o)(6) of this chapter in yeast-leavened baked
goods and baking mixes as defined in Sec. 170.3(n)(1) of this chapter.
(d) This regulation is issued prior to a general evaluation of use
of this ingredient in order to affirm as GRAS the specific use named.
[42 FR 14653, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 5612, Feb. 14, 1984]
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