[Code of Federal Regulations]
 [Title 21, Volume 1]
 [Revised as of April 1, 2002]
 From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
 [CITE: 21CFR73.40]
 
 [Page 348]
 
                         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. 73.40  Dehydrated beets (beet powder).
 
     (a) Identity. (1) The color additive dehydrated beets is a dark red
 powder prepared by dehydrating sound, mature, good quality, edible
 beets.
     (2) Color additive mixtures made with dehydrated beets may contain
 as diluents only those substances listed in this subpart as safe and
 suitable for use in color additive mixtures for coloring foods.
     (b) Specifications. The color additive shall conform to the
 following specifications:
 
 Volatile matter, not more than 4 percent.
 Acid insoluble ash, not more than 0.5 percent.
 Lead (as Pb), not more than 10 parts per million.
 Arsenic (as As), not more than 1 part per million.
 Mercury (as Hg), not more than 1 part per million.
 
     (c) Uses and restrictions. Dehydrated beets may be safely used for
 the coloring of 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.
     (d) Labeling. 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.