[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: 21CFR186.1093]

[Page 560]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 186--INDIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B--Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
 
Sec. 186.1093  Sulfamic acid.


    (a) Sulfamic acid (H3NO3S, CAS Reg. No. 5329-
14-6) is a white crystalline solid manufactured from urea, sulfur 
trioxide, and sulfuric acid. It is soluble and highly ionized in water.
    (b) In accordance with Sec. 186.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used as 
an indirect food ingredient with no limitations other than current good 
manufacturing practice. The affirmation of this ingredient as generally 
recognized as safe (GRAS) as an indirect human food ingredient is based 
upon the current good manufacturing practice of using this ingredient in 
the manufacture of paper and paperboard that contact food.
    (c) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses 
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

[47 FR 29954, July 9, 1982]