[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: 21CFR73.165]
 
 [Page 352-353]
 
                         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. 73.165  Ferrous lactate.
 
     (a) Identity. The color additive ferrous lactate is the ferrous
 lactate defined in Sec. 184.1311 of this chapter.
     (b) Specifications. Ferrous lactate shall meet the specifications
 given in the Food Chemicals Codex, 4th ed. (1996), pp. 154 to 155, which
 is incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
 CFR part 51. Copies are available from the National
 
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 Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20418, or may
 be examined at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's
 Library, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD, or at the Office of
 the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol St. NW., suite 700, Washington,
 DC.
     (c) Uses and restrictions. Ferrous lactate may be safely used in
 amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice for the coloring of
 ripe olives.
     (d) Labeling. The label of the color additive 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 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act).
 
 [61 FR 40319, Aug. 2, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 66742, Dec. 27, 2001]