[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR73.160]

[Page 352]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 73--LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A--Foods
 
Sec. 73.160  Ferrous gluconate.

    (a) Identity. The color additive ferrous gluconate is the ferrous 
gluconate defined in the Food Chemicals Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), pp. 122-
123, which is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the 
National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20418, or may be examined at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 
North Capitol Street NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.
    (b) Specifications. Ferrous gluconate shall meet the specifications 
given in the Food Chemicals Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), which is incorporated 
by reference. The availability of this incorporation by reference is 
given in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) Uses and restrictions. Ferrous gluconate may be safely used in 
amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice for the coloring of 
ripe olives.
    (d) Labeling. The label of the color additive shall conform to the 
requirements of Sec. 70.25 of this chapter.
    (e) Exemption from certification. Certification of this color 
additive is not necessary for the protection of the public health, and 
therefore batches thereof are exempt from the certification requirements 
of section 721(c) of the act.

[42 FR 15643, Mar. 22, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 946, Jan. 8, 1982; 49 
FR 10089, Mar. 19, 1984]