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  "name": "Cobaltous salts and its derivatives",
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  "summary": "Cobalt salts were once added to beer as a foam stabiliser. The FDA prohibited them for that use after cases of heart muscle disease among heavy beer drinkers in the 1960s were linked to the practice.",
  "derivation_summary": "Inorganic salts of cobalt, such as the sulfate and chloride, produced from refined cobalt ore. Cobalt is separately an essential trace element as the metal centre of vitamin B12, which the prohibition does not affect.",
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      "jurisdiction": "US",
      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 189.120",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-189.120"
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        }
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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      "provisions": []
    }
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      "key": "ecfr",
      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Cobaltous salts and its derivatives\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/cobaltous-salts-and-its-derivatives. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.484Z"
}