[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: 21CFR176.260]
[Page 233]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 176 INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: PAPER AND PAPERBOARD COMPONENTS--Table
Subpart B Substances for Use Only as Components of Paper and Paperboard
Sec. 176.260 Pulp from reclaimed fiber.
(a) Pulp from reclaimed fiber may be safely used as a component of
articles used in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing,
preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food, subject
to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) Pulp from reclaimed fiber is prepared from the paper and
paperboard products described in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this
section, by repulping with water to recover the fiber with the least
possible amount of nonfibrous substances.
(1) Industrial waste from the manufacture of paper and paperboard
products excluding that which bears or contains any poisonous or
deleterious substance which is retained in the recovered pulp and that
migrates to the food, except as provided in regulations promulgated
under sections 406 and 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(2) Salvage from used paper and paperboard excluding that which (i)
bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which is
retained in the recovered pulp and that migrates to the food, except as
provided in regulations promulgated under sections 406 and 409 of the
act or (ii) has been used for shipping or handling any such substance.
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