[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR73.140]

[Page 347]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 73_LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                             Subpart A_Foods
 
Sec.  73.140  Toasted partially defatted cooked cottonseed flour.

    (a) Identity. (1) The color additive toasted partially defatted 
cooked cottonseed flour is a product prepared as follows: Food quality 
cottonseed is delinted and decorticated; the meats are screened, 
aspirated, and rolled; moisture is adjusted, the meats heated, and the 
oil expressed; the cooked meats are cooled, ground, and reheated to 
obtain a product varying in shade from light to dark brown.
    (2) Color additive mixtures for food use made with toasted partially 
defatted cooked cottonseed flour may contain only diluents that are 
suitable and that are listed in this subpart as safe in color additive 
mixtures for coloring foods.
    (b) Specifications. Toasted partially defatted cooked cottonseed 
flour shall conform to the following specifications:

Arsenic: It contains no added arsenic compound and therefore may not 
exceed a maximum natural background level of 0.2 part per million total 
arsenic, calculated as As.
Lead (as Pb), not more than 10 parts per million.
Free gossypol content, not more than 450 parts per million.

    (c) Uses and restrictions. The color additive toasted partially 
defatted cooked cottonseed flour may be safely used for coloring foods 
generally, in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice, 
except that it may not be used to color foods for which standards of 
identity have been promulgated under section 401 of the act, unless 
added color is authorized by such standards.
    (d) Labeling. The label of the color additive and any mixtures 
prepared therefrom and intended solely or in part for coloring purposes 
shall conform to the requirements of Sec.  70.25 of this chapter.
    (e) Exemption from certification. Certification of this color 
additive is not necessary for the protection of the public health and 
therefore batches thereof are exempt from the certification requirements 
of section 721(c) of the act.