subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"
part_code: "172"
part_subject: "FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
subpart_code: "C"
subpart_subject: "Coatings, Films and Related Substances"
section_number: "172.210"
section_subject: "Coatings on fresh citrus fruit."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 172.210"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 170 to 199"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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Coatings may be applied to fresh citrus fruit for protection of the fruit in accordance with the following conditions:
(a)The coating is applied in the minimum amount required to accomplish the intended effect.
(b)The coating may be formulated from the following components, each used in the minimum quantity required to accomplish the intended effect:
(1)Substances generally recognized as safe for the purpose or previously sanctioned for the purpose.
(3)In lieu of the components listed in paragraph (b) (2) and (4) of this section, the following copolymer and one or more of the listed adjuvants.
(4)In lieu of the components listed in paragraph (b) (2) and (3) of this section, the following rosin derivative and either or both of the listed adjuvants: