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CFR /  Title 21  /  Part 175  /  Sec. 175.230 Hot-melt strippable food coatings.

Hot-melt strippable food coatings may be safely applied to food, subject to the provisions of this section.

(a) The coatings are applied to and used as removable coatings for food.

(b) The coatings may be prepared, as mixtures, from the following substances:

(1) Substances generally recognized as safe in food.

(2) Substances identified in this subparagraph. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

List of substances Limitations------------------------------------------------------------------------Acetylated monoglycerides................. Complying with 172.828 of

this chapter.Cellulose acetate butyrate................Cellulose acetate propionate..............Mineral oil, white........................ For use only as a component

of hot-melt strippable food

coatings applied to frozen

meats and complying with

Sec. 172.878 of this

chapter.------------------------------------------------------------------------