[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: 21CFR177.1340]
[Page 264]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 177_INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: POLYMERS--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Substances for Use as Basic Components of Single and Repeated
Use Food Contact Surfaces
Sec. 177.1340 Ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer resins.
Ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer resins may be safely used as
articles or components of articles intended for use in contact with
food, in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) For the purpose of this section, the ethylene-methyl acrylate
copolymer resins consist of basic copolymers produced by the
copolymerization of ethylene and methyl acrylate such that the
copolymers contain no more than 25 weight percent of polymer units
derived from methyl acrylate.
(b) The finished food-contact article, when extracted with the
solvent or solvents characterizing the type of food and under the
conditions of time and temperature characterizing the conditions of its
intended use as determined from tables 1 and 2 of Sec. 176.170(c) of
this chapter, yields net chloroform-soluble extractives (corrected for
zinc extractives as zinc oleate) in each extracting solvent not to
exceed 0.5 milligram per square inch of food-contact surface when tested
by the methods described in Sec. 176.170(d) of this chapter. If the
finished food-contact article is itself the subject of a regulation in
parts 174, 175, 176, 177, 178 and Sec. 179.45 of this chapter, it shall
also comply with any specifications and limitations prescribed for it by
that regulation.
Note: In testing the finished food-contact article, use a separate
test sample for each required extracting solvent.
(c) The provisions of this section are not applicable to ethylene-
methyl acrylate copolymer resins used in food-packaging adhesives
complying with Sec. 175.105 of this chapter.
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