[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: 21CFR178.3505]

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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 
 
             Subpart D_Certain Adjuvants and Production Aids
 
Sec.  178.3505  Glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxy stearate).

    Glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxystearate) (CAS Reg. No. 139-43-5) may be 
safely

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used as a component of articles intended for use in producing, 
manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, 
transporting, or holding food, subject to the provisions of this 
section.
    (a) The additive is applied to the surface of calcium carbonate at a 
level not to exceed 1 weight-percent of the total mixture.
    (b) The calcium carbonate/glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxystearate) mixture 
is used as an adjuvant in polymers in contact with nonfatty foods at a 
level not to exceed 20 weight-percent of the polymer.

[50 FR 1503, Jan. 11, 1985]