[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: 21CFR172.723]
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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 H_Other Specific Usage Additives
Sec. 172.723 Epoxidized soybean oil.
Epoxidized soybean oil may be safely used in accordance with the
following prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive is prepared by reacting soybean oil in toluene with
hydrogen peroxide and formic acid.
(b) It meets the following specifications:
(1) Epoxidized soybean oil contains oxirane oxygen, between 7.0 and
8.0 percent, as determined by the American Oil Chemists' Society
(A.O.C.S.) method Cd 9-57, ``Oxirane Oxygen,'' reapproved 1989, which is
incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C 552(a) and 1 CFR
part 51. Copies are available from the American Oil Chemists' Society,
P. O. Box 3489, Champaign, IL 61826-3489, or may be examined at the
Division of Petition Control (HFS-215), Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 1110 Vermont Ave. NW.,
suite 1200, Washington, DC, or at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/
federal--register/code--of--federal--regulations/ibr--locations.html.
(2) The maximum iodine value is 3.0, as determined by A.O.C.S.
method Cd 1-25, ``Iodine Value of Fats and Oils Wijs Method,'' revised
1993, which is incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. The availability of this incorporation by
reference is given in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
(3) The heavy metals (as Pb) content cannot be more than 10 parts
per million, as determined by the ``Heavy Metals Test,'' of the ``Food
Chemicals
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Codex,'' 4th ed. (1996), pp. 760-761, Method II (with a 2-gram sample
and 20 microgram of lead ion in the control), which is incorporated by
reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies
are available from the National Academy Press, Box 285, 2101
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20055 (Internet address http://
www.nap.edu), or may be examined at the Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition's Library, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint
Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, or at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of
this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://
www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--federal--regulations/ibr--
locations.html.
(c) The additive is used as a halogen stabilizer in brominated
soybean oil at a level not to exceed 1 percent.
[60 FR 32903, June 26, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 1759, Jan. 12, 1999]
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