---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 573.980"
title: "21"
number: "573.980"
heading: "Taurine."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/573.980"
---

# §573.980. Taurine.


The food additive taurine (2-amino-ethanesulfonic acid) may be safely used in feed in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) **It is used as a nutritional supplement in the feed of growing chickens.**
- (b) It is added to complete feeds so that the total taurine content does not exceed 0.054 percent of the feed.
- (c) To assure safe use of the additive, the label and labeling shall bear in addition to the other information required by the Act:
  - (1) **The name of the additive.**
  - (2) **The quantity of the additive contained therein.**
  - (3) **Adequate directions for use.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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