[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.270]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172--FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Coatings, Films and Related Substances
 
Sec. 172.270  Sulfated butyl oleate.

    Sulfate butyl oleate may be safely used in food, subject to the 
following prescribed conditions:
    (a) The additive is prepared by sulfation, using concentrated 
sulfuric acid, of a mixture of butyl esters produced by 
transesterification of an edible vegetable oil using 1-butanol. 
Following sulfation, the reaction mixture is washed with water and 
neutralized with aqueous sodium or potassium hydroxide. Prior to 
sulfation, the butyl oleate reaction mixture meets the following 
specifications:
    (1) Not less than 90 percent butyl oleate.
    (2) Not more than 1.5 percent unsaponifiable matter.
    (b) The additive is used or intended for use at a level not to 
exceed 2 percent by weight in an aqueous emulsion in dehydrating grapes 
to produce raisins, whereby the residue of the additive on the raisins 
does not exceed 100 parts per million.

[57 FR 12711, Apr. 13, 1992]