[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.712]
[Page 72]
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
Subpart H Other Specific Usage Additives
Sec. 172.712 1,3-Butylene glycol.
The food additive 1,3-butylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 107-88-0) may be
safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed
conditions:
(a) It is prepared by the aldol condensation of acetaldehyde
followed by catalytic hydrogenation.
(b) The food additive shall conform to the identity and
specifications listed in the monograph entitled ``1,3-Butylene Glycol''
in the Food Chemicals Codex, 4th ed. (1996), p. 52, which is
incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR
part 51. Copies are available from the Office of Premarket Approval,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy.,
College Park, MD 20740, 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) It is used in the manufacture of sausage casings as a
formulation aid as defined in Sec. 170.3(o)(14) of this chapter and as
a processing aid as defined in Sec. 170.3(o)(24) of this chapter.
[62 FR 26228, May 13, 1997]
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