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title: "21 CFR §186.1756"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-186.1756"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "3"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "B"

subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"

part_code: "186"

part_subject: "INDIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS"

section_number: "186.1756"

section_subject: "Sodium formate."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 186.1756"

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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(a)Sodium formate (CHNaO2, CAS Reg. No. 141-53-7) is the sodium salt of formic acid. It is produced by the reaction of carbon monoxide with sodium hydroxide.

(b)The ingredient is used as a constituent of paper and paperboard used for food packaging.

(c)The ingredient is used at levels not to exceed good manufacturing practice in accordance with § 186.1(b)(1).

(d)Prior sanctions for sodium formate different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

§186.1756 - Sodium formate.