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title: "21 CFR §175.230"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-175.230"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "3"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "B"

subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"

part_code: "175"

part_subject: "INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADHESIVES AND COMPONENTS OF COATINGS"

subpart_code: "C"

subpart_subject: "Substances for Use as Components of Coatings"

section_number: "175.230"

section_subject: "Hot-melt strippable food coatings."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 175.230"

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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Hot-melt strippable food coatings may be safely applied to food, subject to the provisions of this section.

(a)The coatings are applied to and used as removable coatings for food.

(b)The coatings may be prepared, as mixtures, from the following substances:

(1)Substances generally recognized as safe in food.

(2)Substances identified in this subparagraph.

§175.230 - Hot-melt strippable food coatings.