[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.275]

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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 C--Coatings, Films and Related Substances
 
Sec. 172.275  Synthetic paraffin and succinic derivatives.

    Synthetic paraffin and succinic derivatives identified in this 
section may be safely used as a component of food, subject to the 
following restrictions:
    (a) The additive is prepared with 50 percent Fischer-Tropsch process 
synthetic paraffin, meeting the definition and specifications of 
Sec. 172.615, and 50 percent of such synthetic paraffin to which is 
bonded succinic anhydride and succinic acid derivatives of isopropyl 
alcohol, polyethylene glycol, and polypropylene glycol. It consists of a 
mixture of the Fischer-Tropsch process paraffin (alkane), alkyl succinic 
anhydride, alkyl succinic anhydride isopropyl half ester, dialkyl 
succinic anhydride polyethylene glycol half ester, and dialkyl succinic 
anhydride polypropylene glycol half ester, where the alkane (alkyl) has 
a chain length of 30-70 carbon atoms and the polyethylene and 
polypropylene glycols have molecular weights of 600 and 260, 
respectively.
    (b) The additive meets the following specifications: Molecular 
weight, 880-930; melting point, 215 deg.-217  deg.F; acid number, 43-47; 
and saponification number, 75-78.
    (c) It is used or intended for use as a protective coating or 
component of protective coatings for fresh grapefruit, lemons, limes, 
muskmelons, oranges, sweetpotatoes, and tangerines.
    (d) It is used in an amount not to exceed that required to produce 
the intended effect.