[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: 21CFR573.540]

[Page 505]
 
                        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.  573.540  Hydrolyzed leather meal.

    (a) Identity. Hydrolyzed leather meal is produced from leather 
scraps that are treated with steam for not less than 33 minutes at a 
pressure of not less than 125 pounds per square inch.
    (b) Specifications. The additive shall conform to the following 
percent-by-weight specifications:

Moisture, not less than 5 percent nor more than 10 percent.
Crude protein, not less than 60 percent.
Crude fat, not less than 5 percent.
Crude fiber, not more than 6 percent.
Chromium, not more than 2.75 percent.

    (c) Use. It is used or intended for use as a source of protein in 
swine feeds in an amount not to exceed 1.0 percent by weight of the 
finished feed.
    (d) Labeling. The labels and labeling shall bear, in addition to the 
other information required by the Act:
    (1) The name of the additive, hydrolyzed leather meal.
    (2) Adequate directions to provide finished feeds complying with 
paragraph (c) of this section.