(a) Agar-agar (CAS Reg. No. PM 9002-18-0) is a dried, hydrophyllic, colloidal polysaccharide extracted from one of a number of related species of red algae (class Rhodophyceae).
(b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the ``Food Chemicals Codex,'' 3d Ed. (1981), p. 11, 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 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/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.
(c) The ingredient is used in food in accordance with Sec. 184.1(b)(2) under the following conditions:
Maximum Usage Levels Permitted------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foods (as served) Percent Functions------------------------------------------------------------------------Baked goods and baking mixes, 0.8 Drying agent, Sec.
Sec. 170.3(n)(1) of this 170.3(o)(7) of this chapter;
chapter. flavoring agent, Sec.
170.3(o)(12) of this
chapter; stabilizer,
thickener, Sec.
170.3(o)(28) of this
chapter.Confections and frostings, Sec. 2.0 Flavoring agent, Sec.
170.3(n)(9) of this chapter. 170.3(o)(12) of this
chapter; stabilizer,
thickener, Sec.
170.3(o)(28) of this
chapter; surface finisher,
Sec. 170.3(o)(30) of this
chapter.Soft candy, Sec. 170.3(n)(38) 1.2 Stabilizer and thickener,
of this chapter. Sec. 170.3(o)(28) of this
chapter.All other food categories...... .25 Flavoring agent, Sec.
170.3(o)(12) of this
chapter; formulation aid,
Sec. 170.3(o)(14) of this
chapter; humectant, Sec.
170.3(o)(16) of this
chapter; stabilizer,
thickener, Sec.
170.3(o)(28) of this
chapter.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived. [44 FR 19391, Apr. 3, 1979, as amended at 49 FR 5611, Feb. 14, 1984]