---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 82.51"
title: "21"
number: "82.51"
heading: "Lakes (FD&C)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/82.51"
---

# §82.51. Lakes (FD&C).

- (a)
  - (1) **General.** Any lake made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors hereinbefore listed in this subpart by combining such color with the basic radical aluminum or calcium.
  - (2) **Specifications.** Prepared from previously certified colors listed in this subpart.
- (b) Each lake made as prescribed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall be considered to be a straight color and to be listed therein under the name which is formed as follows:
  - (1) The listed name of the color from which the lake is prepared;
  - (2) The name of the basic radical combined in such color; and
  - (3) **The word “Lake”.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 371, 379e, 379e note.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15669, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.