[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR130.9]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                           SERVICES--CONTINUED
 
PART 130--FOOD STANDARDS: GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 130.9  Sulfites in standardized food.

    (a) Any standardized food that contains a sulfiting agent or 
combination of sulfiting agents that is functional and provided for in 
the applicable standard or that is present in the finished food at a 
detectable level is misbranded unless the presence of the sulfiting 
agent or agents is declared on the label of the food. A detectable 
amount of sulfiting agent is 10 parts per million or more of the sulfite 
in the finished food. The level of sulfite in the finished food will be 
determined using sections 20.123 through 20.125, ``Sulfurous Acid 
(Total) in Food Modified Monier-Williams Method Final Action'' in 
``Official Methods of Analysis of the

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Association of Official Analytical Chemists,'' 14th ed. (1984), which is 
incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 
part 51, and the refinements of the ``Total Sulfurous Acid'' procedure 
in the ``Monier-Williams Procedure (with Modifications) for Sulfites in 
Foods,'' which is appendix A to part 101 of this chapter. A copy of 
sections 20.123 through 20.125 of the ``Official Methods of Analysis of 
the Association of Official Analytical Chemists'' is available from 
Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, 481 North 
Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2504 , or available 
for inspection at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol 
St. NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC.
    (b) Any standardized food that, as a result of actions that are 
consistent with current good manufacturing practice, contains an 
indirectly added sulfiting agent that has no functional effect in the 
food and that would, in the absence of Sec. 101.100(a)(4) of this 
chapter, be considered to be an incidental additive for purposes of 
Sec. 130.8, conforms to the applicable definition and standard of 
identity if the presence of the sulfiting agent is declared on the label 
of the food.

[58 FR 2876, Jan. 6, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 14035, Mar. 24, 1998]