21 CFR § 137.265 - Degerminated white corn meal.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s137.265"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 137.265 - Degerminated white corn meal."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "137.265"
section_name: "Degerminated white corn meal."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "137"
part_name: "CEREAL FLOURS AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 14402, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "137"
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# 137.265 Degerminated white corn meal.
(a) Degerminated white corn meal, degermed white corn meal, is the food prepared by grinding cleaned white corn and removing bran and germ so that:
(1) On a moisture-free basis, its crude fiber content is less than 1.2 percent and its fat content is less than 2.25 percent; and
(2) When tested by the method prescribed in § 137.250(b)(2), except that a No. 20 standard sieve is used instead of a No. 12 sieve, not less than 95 percent passes through a No. 20 sieve, not less than 45 percent through a No. 25 sieve, but not more than 25 percent through No. 72 XXX grits gauze. Its moisture content is not more than 15 percent.
(b) For the purposes of this section, moisture, fat and crude fiber are determined by methods therefor referred to in § 137.250(b)(1).