# Disodium EDTA — Food additive regulatory approval status — US FDA vs EU

For Disodium EDTA, jurisdiction is US FDA (21 CFR 172–178); status is permitted; citation is 21 CFR 172.135; use conditions is preservative and color retention in canned foods, dressings, sauces; limits vary by food (e.g. 75 ppm in mayonnaise, 500 ppm in canned strawberry pie filling, 36 ppm in cooked sausage as cure accelerator), recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **Additive:** Disodium EDTA _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Jurisdiction:** US FDA (21 CFR 172–178) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Status:** permitted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Citation:** 21 CFR 172.135 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Use conditions:** preservative and color retention in canned foods, dressings, sauces; limits vary by food (e.g. 75 ppm in mayonnaise, 500 ppm in canned strawberry pie filling, 36 ppm in cooked sausage as cure accelerator)

## What the source says

> § 172.135 Disodium EDTA. The food additive disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) may be safely used in designated foods for the purposes and in accordance with the following prescribed conditions

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-172/subpart-B

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-08-15.
Part of [Food additive regulatory approval status — US FDA vs EU](https://referencesource.org/food-additive-approval-status-us-vs-eu/).