Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 170 - FOOD ADDITIVES
/ Subpart B - Food Additive Safety / § 170.22 Safety factors to be considered.
§ 170.22 Safety factors to be considered.
In accordance with section 409(c)(5)(C) of the Act, the following safety factors will be applied in determining whether the proposed use of a food additive will be safe: Except where evidence is submitted which justifies use of a different safety factor, a safety factor in applying animal experimentation data to man of 100 to 1, will be used; that is, a food additive for use by man will not be granted a tolerance that will exceed