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Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.175.210 Acrylate ester copolymer coating

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Acrylate ester copolymer coating may safely be used as a food-contact surface of articles intended for packaging and holding food, including heating of prepared food, subject to the provisions of this section:

(a) The acrylate ester copolymer is a fully polymerized copolymer of ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, and methacrylic acid applied in emulsion form to molded virgin fiber and heat-cured to an insoluble resin.

(b) Optional substances used in the preparation of the polymer and in the preparation and application of the emulsion may include substances named in this paragraph, in an amount not to exceed that required to accomplish the desired technical effect and subject to any limitation prescribed:  Provided, however, That any substance named in this paragraph and covered by a specific regulation in subchapter B of this chapter must meet any specifications in such regulation.

List of substances

Limitations

Aluminum stearate

Ammonium lauryl sulfate

Borax

Not to exceed the amount required as a preservative in emulsion defoamer.

Disodium hydrogen phosphate

Do.

Formaldehyde

Glyceryl monostearate

Methyl cellulose

Mineral oil

Paraffin wax

Potassium hydroxide

Potassium persulfate

Tallow

Tetrasodium pyrophosphate

Titanium dioxide

(c) The coating in the form in which it contacts food meets the following tests:

(1) An appropriate sample when exposed to distilled water at 212° F for 30 minutes shall yield total chloroform-soluble extractables not to exceed 0.5 milligram per square inch.

(2) An appropriate sample when exposed to n-heptane at 120° F for 30 minutes shall yield total chloroform-soluble extractables not to exceed 0.5 milligram per square inch.

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