[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR178.3720]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 178--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND SANITIZERS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D--Certain Adjuvants and Production Aids
 
Sec. 178.3720  Petroleum wax, synthetic.

    Synthetic petroleum wax may be safely used in applications and under 
the same conditions where naturally derived petroleum wax is permitted 
in subchapter B of this chapter as a component of articles intended to 
contact food, provided that the synthetic petroleum wax meets the 
definition and specifications prescribed in Sec. 172.888 of this 
chapter.