[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR173.370]

[Page 138-139]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 173--SECONDARY DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D--Specific Usage Additives
 
Sec. 173.370  Peroxyacids.

    Peroxyacids may be safely used in accordance with the following 
prescribed conditions:
    (a) The additive is a mixture of peroxyacetic acid, octanoic acid, 
acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyoctanoic acid, and 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid.
    (b) The additive is used as an antimicrobial agent on red meat 
carcasses in accordance with current industry practice where the maximum 
concentration of peroxyacids is 220 parts per million (ppm) as 
peroxyacetic acid and the maximum concentration of hydrogen peroxide is 
75 ppm.
    (c) The concentrations of peroxyacids and hydrogen peroxide in the 
additive are determined by a method entitled ``Hydrogen Peroxide and 
Peracid (as Peracetic Acid) Content,'' dated July 26, 2000, developed by 
Ecolab, Inc., which is incorporated by reference. The Director of the 
Office of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference 
in accordance with 5

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U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies of this method 
from the Division of Petition Control (HFS-215), Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., 
Washington, DC 20204-0001, or you may examine a copy at the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Library, 200 C St. SW., rm. 3321, 
Washington, DC, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North 
Capitol St. NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.

[65 FR 70660, Nov. 27, 2000]