TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS

CHAPTER I - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBCHAPTER B - FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

PART 184 - DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE

subpart b - LISTING OF SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GRAS

184.1560 - Ox bile extract.

  (a) Ox bile extract (CAS Reg. No. 8008637), also known as purified oxgall or sodium choleate, is a yellowish green, soft solid, with a partly sweet, partly bitter, disagreeable taste. It is the purified portion of the bile of an ox obtained by evaporating the alcohol extract of concentrated bile.

  (b) Food-grade ox bile extract shall meet the specifications of the U.S.

Pharmacopeia (USP), XIV, 1950, p. 410. 1 1 Copies may be obtained from: U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852.

  (c) The ingredient is used as a surfactant as defined in 170.3 (o)(29) of this chapter.

  (d) The ingredient is used in food in accordance with 184.1(b)(1) at levels not to exceed good manufacturing practice. Current good manufacturing practice results in a maximum level, as served, of 0.002 percent for cheese as defined in 170.3(n)(5) of this chapter.

  (e) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

[43 FR 36064, Aug. 15, 1978. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 49537, Dec. 3, 1985]