[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR178.3280]

[Page 392]
 
                        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. 178.3280  Castor oil, hydrogenated.

    Hydrogenated castor oil may be safely used in the manufacture of 
articles or components of articles intended for use in contact with food 
subject to the provisions of this section.
    (a) The quantity used shall not exceed the amount reasonably 
required to accomplish the intended technical effect.
    (b) The additive is used as follows:

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                  Use                              Limitations
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1. As a lubricant for vinyl chloride     For use only at levels not to
 polymers used in the manufacture of      exceed 4 pct by weight of
 articles or components of articles       vinyl chloride polymers.
 authorized for food-contact use.
2. As a component of cellophane........  Complying with Sec.  177.1200
                                          of this chapter.
3. As a component of resinous and        Complying with Sec.  175.300
 polymeric coatings.                      of this chapter.
4. As a component of paper and           Complying with Sec.  176.170
 paperboard in contact with aqueous and   of this chapter.
 fatty food.
5. As a component of closures with       Complying with Sec.  177.1210
 sealing gaskets for food containers.     of this chapter.
6. As a component of cross-linked        Complying with Sec.  177.2420
 polyester resins.                        of this chapter.
7. As a component of olefin polymers     For use only at levels not to
 complying with Sec.  177.1520 of this   exceed 2 percent by weight of
 chapter.                                 the polymer.
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[42 FR 14609, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 55 FR 8914, Mar. 9, 1990]