---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 573.360"
title: "21"
number: "573.360"
heading: "Disodium EDTA."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/573.360"
---

# §573.360. Disodium EDTA.


The food additive disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraace- tate) may be safely used in animal feeds, in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) The food additive contains a minimum of 99 percent disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate dihydrate (C10H14O8N2Na2 · 2H2O).
- (b) **It is used to solubilize trace minerals in aqueous solutions, which are then added to animal feeds.**
- (c) It is used or intended for use in an amount not to exceed 240 parts per million of the additive in finished feed.
- (d) To assure safe use of the additive the label and labeling shall bear:
  - (1) The name of the additive; and
  - (2) Adequate mixing directions to ensure that the chelated trace-mineral mix is uniformly blended throughout the feed.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.