---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.410"
title: "21"
number: "172.410"
heading: "Calcium silicate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.410"
---

# §172.410. Calcium silicate.


Calcium silicate, including synthetic calcium silicate, may be safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) It is used as an anticaking agent in food in an amount not in excess of that reasonably required to produce its intended effect.
- (b) It will not exceed 2 percent by weight of the food, except that it may be present up to 5 percent by weight of baking powder.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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