[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: 21CFR186.1557]

[Page 564-565]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 186--INDIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B--Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
 
Sec. 186.1557  Tall oil.

    (a) Tall oil (CAS Reg. No. 8002-26-4) is essentially the sap of the 
pine tree. It is obtained commercially from the waste liquors of 
pinewood pulp mills and consists mainly of tall oil resin acids and tall 
oil fatty acids.
    (b) In accordance with Sec. 186.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used as 
an indirect human food ingredient with no limitation other than current 
good manufacturing practice. The affirmation of this ingredient as 
generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as an indirect human food ingredient 
is based on the following current good manufacturing practice conditions 
of use:
    (1) The ingredient is used as a constituent of cotton and cotton 
fabrics used for dry food packaging.
    (2) The ingredient is used at levels not to exceed current good 
manufacturing practice.
    (c) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses 
established in this section, or from those listed in

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part 181 of this chapter, do not exist or have been waived.

[51 FR 16830, May 7, 1986]