[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR137.260]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                           SERVICES--CONTINUED
 
PART 137--CEREAL FLOURS AND RELATED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Cereal Flours and 
                            Related Products
 
Sec. 137.260  Enriched corn meals.

    (a) Enriched corn meals are the foods, each of which conforms to the 
definition and standard of identity prescribed for a kind of corn meal 
by Secs. 137.250, 137.255, 137.265, 137.270, 137.275, 137.280, 137.285, 
and 137.290, except that:
    (1) It contains in each pound not less than 2.0 milligrams (mg) and 
not more than 3.0 mg of thiamin, not less than 1.2 mg and not more than 
1.8 mg of riboflavin, not less than 16 mg and not more than 24 mg of 
niacin or niacinamide, not less than 0.7 mg and not

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more than 1.0 mg of folic acid, and not less than 13 mg and not more 
than 26 mg of iron (Fe);
    (2) It may contain in each pound not less than 250 U.S.P. units and 
not more than 1,000 U.S.P. units of vitamin D; and
    (3) It may contain in each pound not less than 500 milligrams and 
not more than 750 milligrams of calcium (Ca); Provided, however, That 
enriched self-rising corn meals shall contain in each pound not more 
than 1,750 milligrams of calcium (Ca). Iron and calcium may be added 
only in forms which are harmless and assimilable. The substances 
referred to in this paragraph (a)(3) and in paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) 
of this section may be added in a harmless carrier which does not impair 
the enriched corn meal; such carrier is used only in the quantity 
necessary to effect an intimate and uniform admixture of such substances 
with the kind of corn meal used. Dried yeast in quantities not exceeding 
1.5 percent by weight of the finished food may be used.
    (b) The name of each kind of enriched corn meal is the word 
``Enriched'' followed by the name of the kind of corn meal used which is 
prescribed in the definition and standard of identity therefor.
    (c) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food 
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of 
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.

[42 FR 14402, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2878, Jan. 6, 1993; 61 
FR 8796, Mar. 5, 1996]