---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 184.1560"
title: "21"
number: "184.1560"
heading: "Ox bile extract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/184.1560"
---

# §184.1560. Ox bile extract.

- (a) **Ox bile extract (CAS Reg.** No. 8008-63-7), also known as purified oxgall or sodium choleate, is a yellowish green, soft solid, with a partly sweet, partly bitter, disagreeable taste. It is the purified portion of the bile of an ox obtained by evaporating the alcohol extract of concentrated bile.
- (b) Food-grade ox bile extract shall meet the specifications of the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), XIV, 1950, p. 410. 1
- (c) The ingredient is used as a surfactant as defined in [§ 170.3 (o)(29)](/cfr/21/170.3.md?p=o-29) of this chapter.
- (d) The ingredient is used in food in accordance with [§ 184.1(b)(1)](/cfr/21/184.1.md?p=b-1) at levels not to exceed good manufacturing practice. Current good manufacturing practice results in a maximum level, as served, of 0.002 percent for cheese as defined in [§ 170.3(n)(5)](/cfr/21/170.3.md?p=n-5) of this chapter.
- (e) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 36064, Aug. 15, 1978. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 49537, Dec. 3, 1985]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14653, Mar 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 36064, Aug. 15, 1978. Redesignated and amended at 50 FR 49537, Dec. 3, 1985]