[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: 21CFR73.300]

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                        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.  73.300  Carrot oil.

    (a) Identity. (1) The color additive carrot oil is the liquid or the 
solid portion of the mixture or the mixture itself obtained by the 
hexane extraction of edible carrots (Daucus carota L.) with subsequent 
removal of the hexane by vacuum distillation. The resultant mixture of 
solid and liquid extractives consists chiefly of oils, fats, waxes, and 
carrotenoids naturally occurring in carrots. The definition of carrot 
oil in this paragraph is for the purpose of identity as a color additive 
only and shall not be construed as setting forth an official standard 
for carrot oil or carrot oleoresin under section 401 of the act.
    (2) Color additive mixtures for food use made with carrot oil may 
contain only those diluents listed in this subpart as safe and suitable 
in color additive mixtures for coloring foods.
    (b) Specifications. Carrot oil shall contain no more than 25 parts 
per million of hexane.
    (c) Uses and restrictions. Carrot oil 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 the use of added color is authorized by such standards.

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    (d) Labeling requirements. The label of the color additive and any 
mixtures prepared therefrom 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.