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: "178.3450"
section_subject: "Esters of stearic and palmitic acids."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 178.3450"
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 ester stearyl palmitate or palmityl stearate or mixtures thereof may be safely used as adjuvants in food-packaging materials when used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a)They are used or intended for use as plasticizers or lubricants in polystyrene intended for use in contact with food.
(b)They are added to the formulated polymer prior to extrusion.
(c)The quantity used shall not exceed that required to accomplish the intended technical effect.