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title: "21 CFR §178.3280"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-178.3280"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "3"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "B"

subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"

part_code: "178"

part_subject: "INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND SANITIZERS"

subpart_code: "D"

subpart_subject: "Certain Adjuvants and Production Aids"

section_number: "178.3280"

section_subject: "Castor oil, hydrogenated."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 178.3280"

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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Hydrogenated castor oil may be safely used in the manufacture of articles or components of articles intended for use in contact with food subject to the provisions of this section.

(a)The quantity used shall not exceed the amount reasonably required to accomplish the intended technical effect.

(b)The additive is used as follows:

§178.3280 - Castor oil, hydrogenated.