---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.580"
title: "21"
number: "172.580"
heading: "Safrole-free extract of sassafras."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.580"
---

# §172.580. Safrole-free extract of sassafras.


The food additive safrole-free extract of sassafras may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) The additive is the aqueous extract obtained from the root bark of the plant Sassafras albidum (Nuttall) Nees (Fam. Lauraceae).
- (b) It is obtained by extracting the bark with dilute alcohol, first concentrating the alcoholic solution by vacuum distillation, then diluting the concentrate with water and discarding the oily fraction.
- (c) **The purified aqueous extract is safrole-free.**
- (d) **It is used as a flavoring in food.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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