[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: 21CFR181.22]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 181_PRIOR-SANCTIONED FOOD INGREDIENTS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B_Specific Prior-Sanctioned Food Ingredients
 
Sec. 181.22  Certain substances employed in the manufacture of 
food-packaging materials.


    Prior to the enactment of the food additives amendment to the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, sanctions were granted for the 
usage of the

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substances listed in Sec. Sec. 181.23, 181.24, 181.25, 181.26, 181.27, 
181.28, 181.29, and 181.30 in the manufacture of packaging materials. So 
used, these substances are not considered ``food additives'' within the 
meaning of section 201(s) of the Act, provided that they are of good 
commercial grade, are suitable for association with food, and are used 
in accordance with good manufacturing practice. For the purpose of this 
subpart, good manufacturing practice for food-packaging materials 
includes the restriction that the quantity of any of these substances 
which becomes a component of food as a result of use in food-packaging 
materials shall not be intended to accomplish any physical or technical 
effect in the food itself, shall be reduced to the least amount 
reasonably possible, and shall not exceed any limit specified in this 
subpart.

[42 FR 56728, Oct. 28, 1977]