[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: 21CFR172.270]
[Page 45]
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. 172.270 Sulfated butyl oleate.
Sulfate butyl oleate may be safely used in food, subject to the
following prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive is prepared by sulfation, using concentrated
sulfuric acid, of a mixture of butyl esters produced by
transesterification of an edible vegetable oil using 1-butanol.
Following sulfation, the reaction mixture is washed with water and
neutralized with aqueous sodium or potassium hydroxide. Prior to
sulfation, the butyl oleate reaction mixture meets the following
specifications:
(1) Not less than 90 percent butyl oleate.
(2) Not more than 1.5 percent unsaponifiable matter.
(b) The additive is used or intended for use at a level not to
exceed 2 percent by weight in an aqueous emulsion in dehydrating grapes
to produce raisins, whereby the residue of the additive on the raisins
does not exceed 100 parts per million.
[57 FR 12711, Apr. 13, 1992]
Additives that reference this regulation: |
