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: "I"
subpart_subject: "Multipurpose Additives"
section_number: "172.880"
section_subject: "Petrolatum."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 172.880"
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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Petrolatum may be safely used in food, subject to the provisions of this section.
(a)Petrolatum complies with the specifications set forth in the United States Pharmacopeia XX (1980) for white petrolatum or in the National Formulary XV (1980) for petrolatum.
(b)Petrolatum meets the following ultraviolet absorbance limits when subjected to the analytical procedure described in § 172.886(b):
Ultraviolet absorbance per centimeter path length:
(c)Petrolatum is used or intended for use as follows:
(d)Petrolatum may contain any antioxidant permitted in food by regulations issued in accordance with section 409 of the Act, in an amount not greater than that required to produce its intended effect.