21 C.F.R. § 172.135

Current through September 30, 2024

Section 172.135 - Disodium EDTA

The food additive disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) may be safely used in designated foods for the purposes and in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

(a) The additive contains a minimum of 99 percent disodium ethylenedia-minetetraacetate dihydrate (C₁₀H₁₄O₈N₂Na₂·2H₂O).

(b) It is used or intended for use as follows:

(1) Alone, in the following foods at not to exceed the levels prescribed, calculated as anhydrous calcium disodium EDTA:

Food	Limitation (parts per million)	Use
Aqueous multivitamin preparations	150	With iron salts as a stabilizer for vitamin B¹² in liquid multivitamin preparations.
Canned black-eyed peas	145	Promote color retention.
Canned kidney beans	165	Preservative.
Canned strawberry pie filling	500	Promote color retention.
Cooked sausage	36	As a cure accelerator with sodium ascorbate or ascorbic acid.
Dressings, nonstandardized	75	Preservative.
French dressing	75	Do.
Frozen white potatoes including cut potatoes	100	Promote color retention.
Gefilte fish balls or patties in packing medium	¹ 50	Inhibit discoloration.
Legumes (all cooked canned, other than black-eyed peas)	165	Promote color retention.
Mayonnaise	75	Preservative.
Ready-to-eat cereal products containing dried bananas	² 315	Promote color retention.
Salad dressing	75	Preservative.
Sandwich spread	100	Do.
Sauces	75	Do.

¹ Based on total weight of finished product including packing medium.

² In dried banana component of cereal product.

(2) With calcium disodium EDTA (calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate; calcium disodium (ethylenedinitrilo) tetraacetate), in the following foods at not to exceed, in combination, the levels prescribed, calculated as anhydrous C₁₀H₁₂O₈N₂CaNa₂:

Food	Limitation (parts per million)	Use
Dressings, nonstandardized	75	Preservative.
French dressing	75	Do.
Mayonnaise	75	Do.
Salad dressing	75	Do.
Sandwich spread	100	Do.
Sauces	75	Do.

(3) Alone, as a sequestrant in the nonnutritive sweeteners that are listed in § 180.37 of this chapter and that, in addition, are designed for aqueous solution: Provided, That the amount of the additive, calculated as anhydrous calcium disodium EDTA, does not exceed 0.1 percent by weight of the dry nonnutritive sweetener.

(c) To assure the safe use of the additive:

(1) The label and labeling of the additive container shall bear, in addition to the other information required by the act, the name of the additive.

(2) The label or labeling of the additive container shall bear adequate use directions to provide a final food product that complies with the limitations provided in paragraph (b) of this section.

(d) In the standardized foods listed in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section the additives are used only in compliance with the applicable standards of identity for such foods.

21 C.F.R. §172.135

42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 65 FR 48379, Aug. 8, 2000