[Title 21 CFR 184.1191]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS]
[Chapter I - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)]
[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]
[Sec. 184.1191 - Calcium carbonate.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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    FOOD AND DRUGS
    FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)
    FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
    DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE
    Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
  


Sec. 184.1191  Calcium carbonate.

    (a) Calcium carbonate (CaCO3, CAS Reg. No. 471-34-1) is 
prepared by three common methods of manufacture:
    (1) As a byproduct in the ``Lime soda process'';
    (2) By precipitation of calcium carbonate from calcium hydroxide in 
the ``Carbonation process''; or
    (3) By precipitation of calcium carbonate from calcium chloride in 
the ``Calcium chloride process''.
    (b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals 
Codex,

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3d Ed. (1981), p. 46, 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.
    (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses 
established in this section, or different from that set forth in part 
181 of this chapter, do not exist or have been waived.

[48 FR 52441, Nov. 18, 1983]