[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR573.360]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 573--FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF ANIMALS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--Food Additive Listing
 
Sec. 573.360  Disodium EDTA.

    The food additive disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraace- 
tate) may be safely used in animal

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feeds, in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
    (a) The food additive contains a minimum of 99 percent disodium 
ethylenediaminetetraacetate dihydrate 
(C10H14O8N2Na.2 
2H2O).
    (b) It is used to solubilize trace minerals in aqueous solutions, 
which are then added to animal feeds.
    (c) It is used or intended for use in an amount not to exceed 240 
parts per million of the additive in finished feed.
    (d) To assure safe use of the additive the label and labeling shall 
bear:
    (1) The name of the additive; and
    (2) Adequate mixing directions to ensure that the chelated trace-
mineral mix is uniformly blended throughout the feed.