[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR173.130]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 173_SECONDARY DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN 
 
            Subpart B_Enzyme Preparations and Microorganisms
 
Sec.  173.130  Carbohydrase derived from Rhizopus oryzae.

    Carbohydrase from Rhizopus oryzae may be safely used in the 
production of

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dextrose from starch in accordance with the following prescribed 
conditions:
    (a) Rhizopus oryzae is classified as follows: Class, Phycomycetes; 
order, Mucorales; family, Mucoraceae; genus, Rhizopus; species, Rhizopus 
oryzae.
    (b) The strain of Rhizopus oryzae is nonpathogenic and nontoxic.
    (c) The carbohydrase is produced under controlled conditions to 
maintain nonpathogenicity and nontoxicity, including the absence of 
aflatoxin.
    (d) The carbohydrase is produced by a process which completely 
removes the organism Rhizopus oryzae from the carbohydrase product.
    (e) The carbohydrase is maintained under refrigeration from 
production to use and is labeled to include the necessity of 
refrigerated storage.