21 C.F.R. § 184.1563   Ozone.


Title 21 - Food and Drugs


Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 184—DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE
Subpart B—Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS

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§ 184.1563   Ozone.

(a) Ozone (O3, CAS Reg. No. 10028–15–6) is an unstable blue gas with a pungent, characteristic odor, which occurs freely in nature, It is produced commercially by passing electrical discharges or ionizing radiation through air or oxygen.

(b) The ingredient must be of a purity suitable for its intended use in accordance with §170.30(h)(1) of this chapter.

(c) In accordance with §184.1(b)(2), the ingredient is used to treat food only within the following specific limitations:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                  Maximum treatment        Category of food            level in food       Functional use------------------------------------------------------------------------Bottled water that prior to      Not to exceed        Antimicrobial ozonation meets the              current good         agent, § microbiological, physical,       manufacturing        170.3 (o)(2) of chemical, and radiological       practice. Current    this chapter. quality standards of §      good manufacturing 165.110 (b)(2) through (b)(5)    practice results of this chapter.                 in a maximum                                  residual level at                                  the time of                                  bottling of 0.4                                  milligram of ozone                                  per liter of                                  bottled water.------------------------------------------------------------------------

[47 FR 50210, Nov. 5, 1982, as amended at 60 FR 57130, Nov. 13, 1995]

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