[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR573.280]

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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.  573.280  Feed-grade calcium stearate and sodium stearate.

    Feed-grade calcium stearate and sodium stearate may be safely used 
in an animal feed in accordance with the following prescribed 
conditions:
    (a) Feed-grade calcium stearate and sodium stearate are the calcium 
or sodium salts of a fatty acid mixture that is predominately stearic 
acid. Associated fatty acids, including palmitic acid and minor amounts 
of lauric, myristic, pentadecanoic, margaric, arachidic, and other fatty 
acids may be

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contained in the mixture, but such associated fatty acids in aggregate 
do not exceed 35 percent by weight of the mixture. The fatty acids may 
be derived from feed-grade fats or oils.
    (b) The additives meet the following specifications:
    (1) Unsaponifiable matter does not exceed 2 percent.
    (2) They are free of chick-edema factor.
    (c) The additives are manufactured so that in aqueous solution they 
are exposed for 1 hour or longer to temperature in excess of 180 [deg]F.
    (d) They are used as anticaking agents in animal feeds in accordance 
with current good manufacturing practices.

[63 FR 8573, Feb. 20, 1998]