[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.810]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172--FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart I--Multipurpose Additives
 
Sec. 172.810  Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

    The food additive dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, which meets the 
specifications of the Food Chemicals Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), pp. 102-104, 
which is incorporated by reference (copies may be obtained from the 
National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20418, or may be examined at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 
North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC 20408), may be 
safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed 
conditions:
    (a) As a wetting agent in the following fumaric acid-acidulated 
foods: Dry gelatin dessert, dry beverage base, and fruit juice drinks, 
when standards of identity do not preclude such use. The labeling of the 
dry gelatin dessert and dry beverage base shall bear adequate directions 
for use, and the additive shall be used in such an amount that the 
finished gelatin dessert will contain not in excess of 15 parts per 
million of the additive and the finished beverage or fruit juice drink 
will contain not in excess of 10 parts per million of the additive.
    (b) As a processing aid in sugar factories in the production of 
unrefined cane sugar, in an amount not in excess of 0.5 part per million 
of the additive per percentage point of sucrose in the juice, syrup, or 
massecuite being processed, and so used that the final molasses will 
contain no more than 25 parts per million of the additive.
    (c) As a solubilizing agent on gums and hydrophilic colloids to be 
used in food as stabilizing and thickening agents, when standards of 
identity do not preclude such use. The additive is used in an amount not 
to exceed 0.5 percent by weight of the gums or hydrophilic colloids.
    (d) As an emulsifying agent for cocoa fat in noncarbonated beverages 
containing cocoa, whereby the amount of the additive does not exceed 25 
parts per million of the finished beverage.
    (e) As a dispersing agent in ``cocoa with dioctyl sodium 
sulfosuccinate for manufacturing'' that conforms to the provisions of 
Sec. 163.117 of this chapter and the use limitations prescribed in 
Sec. 172.520, in an amount not to exceed 0.4 percent by weight thereof.
    (f) As a processing aid and wetting agent in combination with 
-hydro-omega -hydroxy - poly(oxyethylene) - poly-(oxypropylene) 
(53-59 moles) poly(oxyethylene) (14-16 moles) block copolymer, having a 
molecular weight range of 3,500-4,125 and a cloud point of 9  deg.C-12 
deg.C in 10 percent aqueous solution, for fumaric acid used in fumaric 
acid-acidulated dry beverage base and in fumaric acid-acidulated fruit 
juice drinks, when standards of identity do not preclude such use. The 
labeling of the dry beverage base shall bear adequate directions for 
use, and the additives shall be used in such an amount that the finished 
beverage or fruit juice drink will contain not in excess of a total of 
10 parts per million of the dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate-block 
copolymer combination.

[42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 10105, Mar. 19, 1984]

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