172.255 Polyacrylamide.

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.255]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172_FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN 
CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C_Coatings, Films and Related Substances
 
Sec.  172.255  Polyacrylamide.

    Polyacrylamide containing not more than 0.2 percent of acrylamide 
monomer may be safely used as a film former in the imprinting of soft-
shell gelatin capsules when the amount used is not in excess of the 
minimum required to produce the intended effect.

Additives that reference this regulation:

• GELATIN
• POLYACRYLAMIDE