FCC Monographs and Related Documents Now Available for Public Review and Comment for the First Supplement to the Fifth Edition

Posting # 2

Documents Posted: May 12, 2005 (thirteen documents)
Comments Due: July 8, 2005 (Comments received after this date will be considered for the Second Supplement)

• Ammonium Citrate, Dibasic (new monograph)
• Carbon, Activated (Arsenic Specifications reinstated and revised)
• Diacylglycerol Oil (new monograph)
• Fructooligosaccharides, Short Chain (new monograph)
• Inulin (new monograph)
• Octanoic Acid (Lead Specifications deleted; Titer Requirement revised)
• Phosphoric Acid (Lead Test revised)
• Seaweed-Derived Calcium (new monograph)
• Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Acidic (Dihydrate and Trihydrate Formulas revised; CAS: anhydrous revised; Assay Test revised)
• Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Basic (CAS Number deleted)
• Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic (Assay Test corrected)
• Sodium Phosphate, Tribasic (Assay Test corrected)
• Xanthan Gum (Description revised)

Posting # 1

Documents Posted: April 19, 2005 (seven documents)
Comments Due: June 13, 2005 (Comments received after this date will be considered for the Second Supplement)

• Glyceryl Monooleate (Synonym deleted)
• Invert Sugar (Lead limit revised)
• Iodinated Zinc Chloride (new test solution)
• Lactitol (new monograph)
• Lycopene (new monograph)
• Neotame (new monograph)
• D-Tagatose (new monograph)

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