[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: 21CFR160.180]

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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. 160.180  Egg yolks.

    (a) Egg yolks, liquid egg yolks, yolks, liquid yolks are yolks of 
eggs of the domestic hen so separated from the whites thereof as to 
contain not less

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than 43 percent total egg solids, as determined by the method prescribed 
in ``Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official 
Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), sections 17.006 and 17.007 under 
``Total Solids, Vacuum Method (3)--Official Final Action,'' which is 
incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Association 
of Official Analytical Chemists International, 481 North Frederick Ave., 
suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2504, or may be examined at the Office 
of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, 
Washington, DC. 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 egg yolks 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 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 47 FR 11832, Mar. 19, 1982; 
49 FR 10102, Mar. 19, 1984; 54 FR 24895, June 12, 1989; 58 FR 2883, Jan. 
6, 1993; 63 FR 14035, Mar. 24, 1998]