[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: 21CFR573.440]

[Page 503]
 
                        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.  573.440  Ethylene dichloride.

    The food additive ethylene dichloride may be safely used in the 
manufacture of animal feeds in accordance with the following prescribed 
conditions:
    (a) It is used as a solvent in the extraction processing of animal 
byproducts for use in animal feeds.
    (b) The maximum quantity of the additive permitted to remain in or 
on the extracted byproducts shall not exceed 300 parts per million.
    (c) The extracted animal byproduct is added as a source of protein 
to a total ration at levels consistent with good feeding practices, but 
in no event at levels exceeding 13 percent of the total ration.