[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR573.280]

[Page 514]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 573_FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF ANIMALS--Table 
 
                     Subpart B_Food Additive Listing
 
Sec.  573.280  Feed-grade calcium stearate and sodium stearate.

    Feed-grade calcium stearate and sodium stearate may be safely used 
in an animal feed in accordance with the following prescribed 
conditions:
    (a) Feed-grade calcium stearate and sodium stearate are the calcium 
or sodium salts of a fatty acid mixture that is predominately stearic 
acid. Associated fatty acids, including palmitic acid and minor amounts 
of lauric, myristic, pentadecanoic, margaric, arachidic, and other fatty 
acids may be contained in the mixture, but such associated fatty acids 
in aggregate do not exceed 35 percent by weight of the mixture. The 
fatty acids may be derived from feed-grade fats or oils.
    (b) The additives meet the following specifications:
    (1) Unsaponifiable matter does not exceed 2 percent.
    (2) They are free of chick-edema factor.
    (c) The additives are manufactured so that in aqueous solution they 
are exposed for 1 hour or longer to temperature in excess of 180 [deg]F.
    (d) They are used as anticaking agents in animal feeds in accordance 
with current good manufacturing practices.

[63 FR 8573, Feb. 20, 1998]