[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR176.110]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176_INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: PAPER AND PAPERBOARD COMPONENTS--Table
 
 Subpart B_Substances for Use Only as Components of Paper and Paperboard
 
Sec.  176.110  Acrylamide-acrylic acid resins.


    Acrylamide-acrylic acid resins may be safely used as components of 
articles intended for use in producing,

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manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, 
transporting, or holding food, subject to the provisions of this 
section.
    (a) Acrylamide-acrylic acid resins are produced by the 
polymerization of acrylamide with partial hydrolysis or by the 
copolymerization of acrylamide and acrylic acid.
    (b) The acrylamide-acrylic acid resins contain less than 0.2 percent 
residual monomer.
    (c) The resins are used as adjuvants in the manufacture of paper and 
paperboard in amounts not to exceed that necessary to accomplish the 
technical effect and not to exceed 2 percent by weight of the paper or 
paperboard.