[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: 21CFR168.130]

[Page 542]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                           SERVICES--CONTINUED
 
PART 168--SWEETENERS AND TABLE SIRUPS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Sweeteners and Table 
                                 Sirups
 
Sec. 168.130  Cane sirup.

    (a) Cane sirup is the liquid food derived by concentration and heat 
treatment of the juice of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) or by 
solution in water of sugarcane concrete made from such juice. It 
contains not less than 74 percent by weight of soluble solids derived 
solely from such juice. The concentration may be adjusted with or 
without added water. It may contain one or more of the optional 
ingredients provided for in paragraph (b) of this section. All 
ingredients from which the food is fabricated shall be safe and 
suitable.
    (b) The optional ingredients that may be used in cane sirup are:
    (1) Salt.
    (2) Preservatives.
    (3) Defoaming agents.
    (c) The name of the food is ``Cane sirup'' or ``Sugar cane sirup''. 
Alternatively, the word ``sirup'' may be spelled ``syrup''.
    (d) 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 14479, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2886, Jan. 6, 1993]