[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: 21CFR184.1976]
[Page 577-578]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 184_DIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS
SAFE--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Listing of Specific Substances Affirmed as GRAS
Sec. 184.1976 Candelilla wax.
(a) Candelilla wax (CAS Reg. No. 8006-44-8) is obtained from the
candelilla plant. It is a hard, yellowish-brown, opaque-to-translucent
wax. Candelilla wax is prepared by immersing the plants in boiling water
containing sulfuric acid and skimming off the wax that rises to the
surface. It is composed of about 50 percent hydrocarbons with smaller
amounts of esters and free acids.
(b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the Food Chemicals
Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), p. 67, which is incorporated by reference. Copies
are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20418, or available for inspection 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) In accordance with Sec. 184.1(b)(1), the ingredient is used in
food with no limitation other than current good manufacturing practice.
The affirmation of this ingredient as generally recognized as safe
(GRAS) as a direct human food ingredient is based upon the following
current good manufacturing practice conditions of use:
(1) The ingredient is used as a lubricant as defined in Sec.
170.3(o)(18) of this chapter and as a surface-finishing agent as defined
in Sec. 170.3(o)(30) of this chapter.
(2) The ingredient is used in the following foods at levels not to
exceed current good manufacturing practice: in chewing gum as defined in
Sec. 170.3(n)(6) of this chapter and in hard
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candy as defined in Sec. 170.3(n)(25) of this chapter.
(d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses
established in this section do not exist or have been waived.
[48 FR 51617, Nov. 10, 1983]
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