---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 573.1010"
title: "21"
number: "573.1010"
heading: "Xanthan gum."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/573.1010"
---

# §573.1010. Xanthan gum.


The food additive xanthan gum may be safely used in animal feed as follows:

- (a) The food additive is xanthan gum as defined in [§ 172.695](/cfr/21/172.695.md) of this chapter and meets all of the specifications thereof.
- (b) It is used or intended for use as a stabilizer, emulsifier, thickener, suspending agent, or bodying agent in animal feed as follows:
  - (1) In calf milk replacers at a maximum use level of 0.1 percent, as fed.
  - (2) In liquid feed supplements for ruminant animals at a maximum use level of 0.25 percent (5 pounds per ton).
- (c) **To assure safe use of the additive—**
  - (1) The label of its container shall bear, in addition to other information required by the act, the name of the additive.
  - (2) The label or labeling of the additive container shall bear adequate directions for use.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 44630, Nov. 8, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 44630, Nov. 8, 1984]