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Sec. 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 ethylenediaminetetraacetate dihydrate

(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 (ppm)	Use
Aqueous multivitamin preparations	150	With iron salts as a stabilizer for vitamin B ₁₂in liquid multivitamin preparations.
Canned black-eyed peas	145	Promote color retention.
Canned cooked chickpeas	165	Do.
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 colorretention.
Gefilte fish balls or patties in packing medium¹.	50	Inhibit discoloration.
Mayonnaise	75	Preservative.
Ready-to-eat cereal products containing dried bananas².	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 (ppm)	Use
Dressings, nonstandardized.	75	Preservative.
French dressing	75	Preservative.
Mayonnaise	75	Preservative.
Salad dressing.	75	Preservative.
Sandwich spread	100	Preservative.
Sauces	75	Preservative.

(3) Alone, as a sequestrant in the nonnutritive sweeteners that are listed in Sec. 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.

(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.

Sec. 172.120 Calcium disodium EDTA.

The food additive calcium disodium EDTA (calcium disodium ethylene-

diaminetetraacetate) may be safely used in designated foods for the

purposes and in accordance with the conditions prescribed, as follows:

(a) The additive contains a minimum of 99 percent by weight of

either the dihydrate C₁₀H₁₂O₈N₂CaNa₂^.2H₂O or the trihydrate

C₁₀H₁₂O₈N₂CaNa₂^.3H₂O, or any mixture of the two.

(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 the anhydrous compound: C₁₀H₁₂O₈N₂CaNa₂

Food	Limitation (ppm)	Use
Cabbage, pickled	220	Promote color, flavor, and texture retention.
Canned carbonated soft drinks	33	Promote flavor retention.
Canned white potatoes	110	Promote color retention.
Clams (cooked canned)	340	Promote color retention.
Crabmeat (cooked canned)	275	Retard struvite formation; promote color retention.
Cucumbers pickled	220	Promote color, flavor, and texture retention.
Distilled alcoholic beverages	25	Promote stability of color, flavor, and/or product clarity.
Dressings, nonstandardized	75	Preservative.
Dried lima beans (cooked canned)	310	Promote color retention.
Egg product that is hard-cooked and consists, in a cylindrical shape,of egg white with an inner core of egg yolk. ¹	200	Preservative.
Fava beans (cooked canned)	365	Promote color retention
Fermented malt beverages	25	Antigushing agent.
French dressing	75	Preservative.
Mayonnaise	75	Preservative
Mushrooms (cooked canned)	200	Promote color retention.
Oleomargarine	75	Preservative.
Pecan pie filling	100	Promote color retention.
Pink beans (cooked canned).	165	Promote color retention.
Potato salad	100	Preservative.
Processed dry pinto beans	800	Promote color retention.
Red beans (cooked canned)	165	Promote color retention.
Salad dressing.	75	Preservative.
Sandwich spread.	100	Preservative
Sauces	75	Preservative
Shrimp (cooked canned)	250	Retard struvite formation; promote color retention.
Spice extractives in soluble carriers	60	Promote color and flavor retention.
Spreads, artificially colored and lemon-flavored or orange-flavored	100	Promote color retention.

^{1\By weight of egg yolk portion.
(2) With disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) in the
following foods at not to exceed, in combination, the levels prescribed,
calculated as anhydrous C₁₀H₁₂O₈N₂CaNa₂
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Food

Limitation (ppm)

Use

Dressings, nonstandardized

75

Preservative.

French dressing

75

Preservative

Mayonnaise

75

Preservative

Salad dressing

75

Preservative.

Sandwich spread

100

Preservative.

Sauces

75

Preservative.

(c) To assure 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 paragraph (b) of this section, the additives are used only in compliance with the applicable standards of identity for such foods.
[42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 48 FR 10815, Mar. 15, 1983; 58 FR 52222, Oct. 7, 1993; 60 FR 33710, June 29, 1995]}