[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR160.115]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 160--EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Eggs and Egg Products
 
Sec. 160.115  Liquid eggs.

    (a) Liquid eggs, mixed eggs, liquid whole eggs, mixed whole eggs are 
eggs of the domestic hen broken from the shells and with yolks and 
whites in their natural proportion as so broken. They may be mixed, or 
mixed and strained, and they are pasteurized or otherwise treated to 
destroy all viable Salmonella microorganisms. Pasteurization or such 
other treatment is deemed to permit the adding of safe and suitable 
substances (other than chemical preservatives) that are essential to the 
method of pasteurization or other treatment used. For the purposes of 
this paragraph, safe and suitable substances are those that perform a 
useful function in the pasteurization or other treatment to render the 
liquid eggs free of viable Salmonella microorganisms, and that are not 
food additives as defined in section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act; or, if they are food additives, they are used

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in conformity with regulations established pursuant to section 409 of 
the act.
    (b) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food 
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of 
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.

[42 FR 14462, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2883, Jan. 6, 1993]