[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR184.1191]

[Page 491]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 184_DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS 
SAFE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B_Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
 
Sec. 184.1191  Calcium carbonate.

    (a) Calcium carbonate (CaCO3, CAS Reg. No. 471-34-1) is 
prepared by three common methods of manufacture:
    (1) As a byproduct in the ``Lime soda process'';
    (2) By precipitation of calcium carbonate from calcium hydroxide in 
the ``Carbonation process''; or
    (3) By precipitation of calcium carbonate from calcium chloride in 
the ``Calcium chloride process''.
    (b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals 
Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), p. 46, which is incorporated by reference. Copies 
are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20418, or available for inspection at the Office of 
the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, 
Washington, DC 20408.
    (c) In accordance with Sec. 184.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used in 
food with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice.
    (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses 
established in this section, or different from that set forth in part 
181 of this chapter, do not exist or have been waived.

[48 FR 52441, Nov. 18, 1983]