The food additive may be safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) Acacia (gum arabic) is the dried gummy exudate from stems and branches of trees of various species of the genus Acacia, family Leguminosae.
(b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals Codex, 8th ed. (2012), p. 516, which is incorporated by reference. The Director of the Office of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. You may obtain copies from the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 12601 Twinbrook Pkwy., Rockville, MD 20852 (Internet address: http://www.usp.org). Copies may be examined at the Food and Drug Administration's Main Library, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 2, 3d Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-2039, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
(c) The ingredient is used in food in accordance with good manufacturing practices under the following conditions:
Maximum Usage Levels Permitted------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food (as served) Percent Function------------------------------------------------------------------------Beverages, alcoholic.......... 20.0............. Thickener,
emulsifier, or
stabilizer.Breakfast cereals, Sec. 6.0.............. Dietary fiber;
170.3(n)(4) of this chapter. emulsifier and
emulsifier salt;
flavoring agent and
adjuvant;
formulation aid;
processing aid;
stabilizer and
thickener; surface-
finishing agent;
texturizer.Cakes, brownies, pastries, 3.0.............. Do.
biscuits, muffins, and
cookies.Grain-based bars (e.g., 35.0............. Do.
breakfast bars, granola bars,
rice cereal bars).Soups and soup mixes, Sec. 2.5.............. Do.
170.3(n)(40) of this chapter,
except for soups and soup
mixes containing meat or
poultry that are subject to
regulation by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
under the Federal Meat
Inspection Act or the Poultry
Products Inspection Act.Food categories listed in Sec. Levels prescribed Dietary fiber.
184.1330 of this chapter, in Sec.
except for meat, poultry, and 184.1330 of this
foods for which standards of chapter.
identity established under
section 401 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
preclude the use of acacia.------------------------------------------------------------------------ [70 FR 8034, Feb. 17, 2005, as amended at 78 FR 71464, Nov. 29, 2013; 78 FR 73437, Dec. 6, 2013]