A-A-20178 Sugar Substitutes, Non-CarbohydrateThis CID covers non-carbohydrate sugar substitutes, packed in commercially acceptable containers, suitable for use by Federal, State, local governments, and other interested parties, and as a component of operational rations.

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Producers, Processors, and Transporters:  Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance.1   This guidance identifies the kinds of preventive measures food manufacturers, processors, or handlers may take to minimize the risk that food under their control will be subject to tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions.  The implementation of enhanced food security preventive measures provides for the security of a plant's production processes and includes the storage and transportation of pre-production raw materials, other ingredients, and postproduction finished product.

6.  SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS.

6.1  Ingredients.  All ingredients, including food grade bulking and anticaking agents, used in the preparation of the non-carbohydrate sugar substitutes shall be of Food Chemicals Codex purity or U.S. Pharmacopeia-National Formulary quality, and meet the related FDA regulations on food additives or generally recognized as safe (GRAS) requirements.

6.2  Finished Product.

6.2.1  Type I, Saccharin.  The Type I, Saccharin sugar substitute shall meet the requirements of

21 CFR § 180.37.

6.2.2  Type II, Acesulfame-K.  The Type II, Acesulfame-K sugar substitute shall meet the requirements of 21 CFR § 172.800.

6.2.3  Type III, Aspartame.  The Type III, Aspartame sugar substitute shall meet the requirements of 21 CFR § 172.804.

6.2.4  Type IV, Sucralose.  The Type IV, Sucralose sugar substitute shall meet the requirements of 21 CFR § 172.831.

6.2.5  Type V, Neotame.  The Type V, Neotame sugar substitute shall meet the requirements of

21 CFR § 172.829.

6.2.6  Type VI, Stevia.  The Type VI, Stevia sugar substitute shall be manufactured from the species Stevia rebaudiana and meet the standards, requirements, and regulations adopted by FDA for food additives, or generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

6.2.7  Type VII, SGFE mogrosides.  The Type VII, SGFE mogrosides sugar substitute shall be manufactured from the species Siraitia grosvenorii Swingle and meet the standards,

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