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Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.573.400 Ethoxyquin in certain dehydrated forage crops

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

Ethoxyquin (1,2–dihydro–6–ethoxy–2,2,4–trimethylquinoline) may be safely used in the dehydrated forage crops listed in paragraph (a) of this section when incorporated therein in accordance with the conditions prescribed in this section:

(a) It may be added to dehydrated forage prepared from:

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa.

Barley

Hordeum vulgare.

Clovers:

Alsike clover

Trifolium hybridum.

Crimson clover

Trifolium incarnatum.

Red clover

Trifolium pratense.

White clover (including Ladino).

Trifolium repens.

White sweetclover

Melilotus alba.

Yellow sweetclover

Melilotus officinalis.

Coastal Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon.

Corn

Zea mays.

Fescue

Festuca sp.

Oats

Avena sativa.

Orchardgrass

Dactylis glomerata.

Reed canarygrass

Pharlaris arundinacea.

Ryegrass (annual and perennial).

Elymus sp. and Lolium perenne.

Sorghums

Sorghum vulgare vars, feterita, shallu, kaoliang, broomcorn.

Sudan grass

Sorghum vulgare sudanense.

Wheat

Triticum aestivum.

or any mixture of such forage crops, for use only as an animal feed.

(b) Such additive is used only as a chemical preservative for the purpose of retarding oxidative destruction of naturally occurring carotenes and vitamin E in the forage crops.

(c) It is added to the dehydrated forage crops in an oil mixture containing only suitable animal or suitable vegetable oil, prior to grinding and mixing.

(d) The maximum quantity of the additive permitted to be used and to remain in or on the dehydrated forage crop shall not exceed 150 parts per million.

(e) To assure the safe use of the additive, the label of the market package shall contain, in addition to other information required by the act:

(1) The name of the additive as specified in this section.

(2) Directions for the incorporation of the additive in the forage crops, as specified in paragraph (c) of this section, with the directive that only suitable animal or suitable vegetable oils are to be used in the oil mix.

(f) The label of any dehydrated forage crops treated with the additive or the label of an animal-feed supplement containing such treated forage crops, shall, in addition to other information required by the act, bear the following statements:

(1) “Ethoxyquin, a preservative,” or “Ethoxyquin added to retard the oxidative destruction of carotene and vitamin E.”

(2) The statement “For use in animal feed only.”

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