[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: 21CFR175.210]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 175--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADHESIVES AND COMPONENTS OF COATINGS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Substances for Use as Components of Coatings
 
Sec. 175.210  Acrylate ester copolymer coating.


    Acrylate ester copolymer coating may safely be used as a food-
contact surface of articles intended for packaging and holding food, 
including heating of prepared food, subject to the provisions of this 
section:
    (a) The acrylate ester copolymer is a fully polymerized copolymer of 
ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, and methacrylic acid applied in 
emulsion form to molded virgin fiber and heat-cured to an insoluble 
resin.
    (b) Optional substances used in the preparation of the polymer and 
in the preparation and application of the emulsion may include 
substances named in this paragraph, in an amount not to exceed that 
required to accomplish the desired technical effect and subject to any 
limitation prescribed: Provided, however, That any substance named in 
this paragraph and covered by a specific regulation in subchapter B of 
this chapter must meet any specifications in such regulation.

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            List of substances                       Limitations
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Aluminum stearate.........................
Ammonium lauryl sulfate...................
Borax.....................................  Not to exceed the amount
                                             required as a preservative
                                             in emulsion defoamer.
Disodium hydrogen phosphate...............   Do.
Formaldehyde..............................

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Glyceryl monostearate.....................
Methyl cellulose..........................
Mineral oil...............................
Paraffin wax..............................
Potassium hydroxide.......................
Potassium persulfate......................
Tallow....................................
Tetrasodium pyrophosphate.................
Titanium dioxide..........................
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    (c) The coating in the form in which it contacts food meets the 
following tests:
    (1) An appropriate sample when exposed to distilled water at 212 
deg.F for 30 minutes shall yield total chloroform-soluble extractables 
not to exceed 0.5 milligram per square inch.
    (2) An appropriate sample when exposed to n-heptane at 120  deg.F 
for 30 minutes shall yield total chloroform-soluble extractables not to 
exceed 0.5 milligram per square inch.