[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: 21CFR186.1673]

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                        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. 186.1673  Pulp.

    (a) Pulp is the soft, spongy pith inside the stem of a plant such as 
wood, straw, sugarcane, or other natural plant sources.
    (b) The ingredient is used or intended for use as a constituent of 
food packaging containers.
    (c) The ingredient is used in paper and paperboard made by 
conventional paper-making processes at levels not to exceed good 
manufacturing practice.
    (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses 
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.