---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.130"
title: "21"
number: "172.130"
heading: "Dehydroacetic acid."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.130"
---

# §172.130. Dehydroacetic acid.


The food additive dehydroacetic acid and/or its sodium salt may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) **The food additive meets the following specifications—**
- (b) It is used or intended for use as a preservative for cut or peeled squash, and is so used that no more than 65 parts per million expressed as dehydroacetic acid remains in or on the prepared squash.
- (c) The label or labeling of any package of the additive intended for use in food shall bear adequate directions for use to insure compliance with this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.