21 CFR § 573.560 - Iron ammonium citrate.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s573.560"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 573.560 - Iron ammonium citrate."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "573.560"
section_name: "Iron ammonium citrate."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_number: "573"
part_name: "FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF ANIMALS"
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, 342, 348."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "573"
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# 573.560 Iron ammonium citrate.

Iron ammonium citrate may be safely used in animal feed in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

(a) The additive is the chemical green ferric ammonium citrate.

(b) The additive is used or intended for use as an anticaking agent in salt for animal consumption so that the level of iron ammonium citrate does not exceed 25 parts per million (0.0025 percent) in the finished salt.

(c) To assure safe use of the additive the label or labeling of the additive shall bear, in addition to the other information required by the Act:

(1) The name of the additive.

(2) Adequate directions to provide a final product that complies with the limitations prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section.