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Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.184.1115 Agar-agar

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Agar-agar (CAS Reg. No. PM 9002–18–0) is a dried, hydrophyllic, colloidal polysaccharide extracted from one of a number of related species of red algae (class Rhodophyceae).

(b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the “Food Chemicals Codex,” 3d Ed. (1981), p. 11, which is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20418, or may be examined at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to:  http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

(c) The ingredient is used in food in accordance with § 184.1(b)(2) under the following conditions:

Maximum Usage Levels Permitted

Foods (as served)

Percent

Functions

Baked goods and baking mixes, § 170.3(n)(1) of this chapter

0.8

Drying agent, § 170.3(o)(7) of this chapter; flavoring agent, § 170.3(o)(12) of this chapter; stabilizer, thickener, § 170.3(o)(28) of this chapter.

Confections and frostings, § 170.3(n)(9) of this chapter

2.0

Flavoring agent, § 170.3(o)(12) of this chapter; stabilizer, thickener, § 170.3(o)(28) of this chapter; surface finisher, § 170.3(o)(30) of this chapter.

Soft candy, § 170.3(n)(38) of this chapter

1.2

Stabilizer and thickener, § 170.3(o)(28) of this chapter.

All other food categories

.25

Flavoring agent, § 170.3(o)(12) of this chapter; formulation aid, § 170.3(o)(14) of this chapter; humectant, § 170.3(o)(16) of this chapter; stabilizer, thickener, § 170.3(o)(28) of this chapter.

(d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

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