[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR137.265]

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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. 137.265  Degerminated white corn meal.

    (a) Degerminated white corn meal, degermed white corn meal, is the 
food prepared by grinding cleaned white corn and removing bran and germ 
so that:
    (1) On a moisture-free basis, its crude fiber content is less than 
1.2 percent and its fat content is less than 2.25 percent; and
    (2) When tested by the method prescribed in Sec. 137.250(b)(2), 
except that a No. 20 standard sieve is used instead of a No. 12 sieve, 
not less than 95 percent passes through a No. 20 sieve, not less than 45 
percent through a No. 25 sieve, but not more than 25 percent through No. 
72 XXX grits gauze. Its moisture content is not more than 15 percent.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, moisture, fat and crude fiber 
are determined by methods therefor referred to in Sec. 137.250(b)(1).