subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"
part_code: "172"
part_subject: "FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Food Preservatives"
section_number: "172.130"
section_subject: "Dehydroacetic acid."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 172.130"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 170 to 199"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The food additive dehydroacetic acid and/or its sodium salt may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a)The food additive meets the following specifications:
(b)It is used or intended for use as a preservative for cut or peeled squash, and is so used that no more than 65 parts per million expressed as dehydroacetic acid remains in or on the prepared squash.
(c)The label or labeling of any package of the additive intended for use in food shall bear adequate directions for use to insure compliance with this section.