[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: 21CFR168.140]

[Page 542-543]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                           SERVICES--CONTINUED
 
PART 168--SWEETENERS AND TABLE SIRUPS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Requirements for Specific Standardized Sweeteners and Table 
                                 Sirups
 
Sec. 168.140  Maple sirup.

    (a) Maple sirup is the liquid food derived by concentration and heat 
treatment of the sap of the maple tree (Acer) or by solution in water of 
maple sugar

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(mapel concrete) made from such sap. It contains not less than 66 
percent by weight of soluble solids derived solely from such sap. The 
concentration may be adjusted with or without added water. It may 
contain one or more of the optional ingredients provided for in 
paragraph (b) of this section. All ingredients from which the food is 
fabricated shall be safe and suitable.
    (b) The optional ingredients that may be used in maple sirup are:
    (1) Salt.
    (2) Chemical preservatives.
    (3) Defoaming agents.
    (c) The name of the food is ``Maple sirup''. Alternatively, the word 
``sirup'' may be spelled ``syrup''.
    (d) Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food 
shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of 
parts 101 and 130 of this chapter.

[42 FR 14479, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2896, Jan. 6, 1993]