[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: 21CFR178.3900]

[Page 434]
 
                        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. 178.3900  Sodium pentachlorophenate.

    Sodium pentachlorophenate may be safely used as a preservative for 
ammonium alginate employed as a processing aid in the manufacture of 
polyvinyl chloride emulsion polymers intended for use as articles or 
components of articles that contact food at temperatures not to exceed 
room temperature. The quantity of sodium pentachlorophenate used shall 
not exceed 0.5 percent by weight of ammonium alginate solids.