[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: 21CFR189.301]
[Page 598]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 189_SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN HUMAN FOOD--Table of Contents
Subpart D_Substances Prohibited From Indirect Addition to Human Food
Through Food-Contact Surfaces
Sec. 189.301 Tin-coated lead foil capsules for wine bottles.
(a) Tin-coated lead foil is composed of a lead foil coated on one or
both sides with a thin layer of tin. Tin-coated lead foil has been used
as a capsule (i.e., as a covering applied over the cork and neck areas)
on wine bottles to prevent insect infestation, as a barrier to oxygen,
and for decorative purposes. Information received by the Food and Drug
Administration establishes that the use of such a capsule on wine
bottles may reasonably be expected to result in lead becoming a
component of the wine.
(b) The capping of any bottles of wine after February 8, 1996, with
a tin-coated lead foil capsule renders the wine adulterated and in
violation of section 402(a)(2)(C) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act because lead from the capsule, which is an unsafe food
additive within the meaning of section 409 of the act, may reasonably be
expected to become a component of the wine.
[61 FR 4820, Feb. 8, 1996]
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