[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR184.1027]

[Page 476]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 184_DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS 
SAFE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B_Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
 
Sec. 184.1027  Mixed carbohydrase and protease enzyme product.

    (a) Mixed carbohydrase and protease enzyme product is an enzyme 
preparation that includes carbohydrase and protease activity. It is 
obtained from the culture filtrate resulting from a pure culture 
fermentation of a nonpathogenic strain of B. licheniformis.
    (b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals 
Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), p. 107, which is incorporated by reference. Copies 
are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20418, or available for inspection at the Office of 
the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, 
Washington, DC 20408.
    (c) In accordance with Sec. 184.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used in 
food with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice. 
The affirmation of this ingredient as generally recognized as safe as a 
direct human food ingredient is based upon the following current good 
manufacturing practice conditions of use:
    (1) The ingredient is used as an enzyme, as defined in Sec. 
170.3(o)(9) of this chapter, to hydrolyze proteins or carbohydrates.
    (2) The ingredient is used in the following foods at levels not to 
exceed current good manufacturing practice: alcoholic beverages, as 
defined in Sec. 170.3(n)(2) of this chapter, candy, nutritive 
sweeteners, and protein hydrolyzates.

[48 FR 240, Jan. 4, 1983]