[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR160.140]

[Page 523]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 160_EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Eggs and Egg Products
 
Sec.  160.140  Egg whites.

    (a) Egg whites, liquid egg whites, liquid egg albumen is the food 
obtained from eggs of the domestic hen, broken from the shells and 
separated from yolks. The food may be mixed, or mixed and strained, and 
is pasteurized or otherwise treated to destroy all viable Salmonella 
microorganisms. Pasteurization or such other treatment is deemed to 
permit the adding of safe and suitable substances (other than chemical 
preservatives) that are essential to the method of pasteurization or 
other treatment used. Safe and suitable substances that aid in 
protecting or restoring the whipping properties of liquid egg whites may 
be added. For the purposes of this paragraph, safe and suitable 
substances are those that perform a useful function as whipping aids or 
in the pasteurization or other treatment to render liquid egg whites 
free of viable Salmonella microorganisms and that are not food additives 
as defined in section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act; or, if they are food additives, they are used in conformity with 
regulations established pursuant to section 409 of the act.
    (b) Any optional ingredients used as whipping aids, as provided for 
in paragraph (a) of this section, shall be named on the principal 
display panel or panels of labels with such prominence and 
conspicuousness as to render such names likely to be read and understood 
by ordinary individuals under customary conditions of purchase.
    (c) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food 
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of 
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.

[42 FR 14462, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2883, Jan. 6, 1993]