[Code of Federal Regulations]
 [Title 21, Volume 1]
 [Revised as of April 1, 2002]
 From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
 [CITE: 21CFR73.140]
 
 [Page 352]
 
                         TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
 CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
                                 SERVICES
 
 PART 73--LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                             Subpart A--Foods
 
 Sec. 73.140  Toasted partially defatted cooked cottonseed flour.
 
     (a) Identity. (1) The color additive toasted partially defatted
 cooked cottonseed flour is a product prepared as follows: Food quality
 cottonseed is delinted and decorticated; the meats are screened,
 aspirated, and rolled; moisture is adjusted, the meats heated, and the
 oil expressed; the cooked meats are cooled, ground, and reheated to
 obtain a product varying in shade from light to dark brown.
     (2) Color additive mixtures for food use made with toasted partially
 defatted cooked cottonseed flour may contain only diluents that are
 suitable and that are listed in this subpart as safe in color additive
 mixtures for coloring foods.
     (b) Specifications. Toasted partially defatted cooked cottonseed
 flour shall conform to the following specifications:
 
 Arsenic: It contains no added arsenic compound and therefore may not
 exceed a maximum natural background level of 0.2 part per million total
 arsenic, calculated as As.
 Lead (as Pb), not more than 10 parts per million.
 Free gossypol content, not more than 450 parts per million.
 
     (c) Uses and restrictions. The color additive toasted partially
 defatted cooked cottonseed flour may be safely used for coloring foods
 generally, in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice,
 except that it may not be used to color foods for which standards of
 identity have been promulgated under section 401 of the act, unless
 added color is authorized by such standards.
     (d) Labeling. The label of the color additive and any mixtures
 prepared therefrom and intended solely or in part for coloring purposes
 shall conform to the requirements of Sec. 70.25 of this chapter.
     (e) Exemption from certification. Certification of this color
 additive is not necessary for the protection of the public health and
 therefore batches thereof are exempt from the certification requirements
 of section 721(c) of the act.