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title: "21 CFR §172.884"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-172.884"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "3"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "B"

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: "172.884"

section_subject: "Odorless light petroleum hydrocarbons."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 172.884"

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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Odorless light petroleum hydrocarbons may be safely used in food, in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

(a)The additive is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum or synthesized from petroleum gases. The additive is chiefly paraffinic, isoparaffinic, or naphthenic in nature.

(b)The additive meets the following specifications:

(1)Odor is faint and not kerosenic.

(2)Initial boiling point is 300 °F minimum.

(3)Final boiling point is 650 °F maximum.

(4)Ultraviolet absorbance limits determined by method specified in § 178.3620(b)(1)(ii) of this chapter, as follows:

(c)The additive is used as follows:

§172.884 - Odorless light petroleum hydrocarbons.