[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: 21CFR73.300]
 
 [Page 357]
 
                         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. 73.300  Carrot oil.
 
     (a) Identity. (1) The color additive carrot oil is the liquid or the
 solid portion of the mixture or the mixture itself obtained by the
 hexane extraction of edible carrots (Daucus carota L.) with subsequent
 removal of the hexane by vacuum distillation. The resultant mixture of
 solid and liquid extractives consists chiefly of oils, fats, waxes, and
 carrotenoids naturally occurring in carrots. The definition of carrot
 oil in this paragraph is for the purpose of identity as a color additive
 only and shall not be construed as setting forth an official standard
 for carrot oil or carrot oleoresin under section 401 of the act.
     (2) Color additive mixtures for food use made with carrot oil may
 contain only those diluents listed in this subpart as safe and suitable
 in color additive mixtures for coloring foods.
     (b) Specifications. Carrot oil shall contain no more than 25 parts
 per million of hexane.
     (c) Uses and restrictions. Carrot oil may be safely used for
 coloring 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 requirements. 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.