21 CFR 184.1115

§ 184.1115 Agar-agar.

United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective

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Citation: 21 CFR 184.1115, § 184.1115 Agar-agar, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/85492
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(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 § 184.1(b)(2) under the following conditions: Maximum Usage Levels Permitted (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.