[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR178.3720]

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                        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. 178.3720  Petroleum wax, synthetic.

    Synthetic petroleum wax may be safely used in applications and under 
the same conditions where naturally

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derived petroleum wax is permitted in subchapter B of this chapter as a 
component of articles intended to contact food, provided that the 
synthetic petroleum wax meets the definition and specifications 
prescribed in Sec. 172.888 of this chapter.