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title: "21 CFR §173.360"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-173.360"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "3"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "B"

subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"

part_code: "173"

part_subject: "SECONDARY DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"

subpart_code: "D"

subpart_subject: "Specific Usage Additives"

section_number: "173.360"

section_subject: "Octafluorocyclobutane."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 173.360"

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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The food additive octafluorocyclo-butane may be safely used as a propellant and aerating agent in foamed or sprayed food products in accordance with the following conditions:

(a)The food additive meets the following specifications:

(b)The additive is used or intended for use alone or with one or more of the following substances: Carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and propane, as a propellant and aerating agent for foamed or sprayed food products, except for those standardized foods that do not provide for such use.

(c)To assure safe use of the additive:

(1)The label of the food additive container shall bear, in addition to the other information required by the act, the following:

(i)The name of the additive, octafluorocyclobutane.

(ii)The percentage of the additive present in the case of a mixture.

(iii)The designation “food grade”.

(2)The label or labeling of the food additive container shall bear adequate directions for use.

§173.360 - Octafluorocyclobutane.