21 C.F.R. § 173.340   Defoaming agents.


Title 21 - Food and Drugs


Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 173—SECONDARY DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
Subpart D—Specific Usage Additives

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§ 173.340   Defoaming agents.

Defoaming agents may be safely used in processing foods, in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) They consist of one or more of the following:

(1) Substances generally recognized by qualified experts as safe in food or covered by prior sanctions for the use prescribed by this section.

(2) Substances listed in this paragraph (a)(2) of this section, subject to any limitations imposed:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------             Substances                          Limitations------------------------------------------------------------------------Dimethylpolysiloxane (substantially  10 parts per million in food, or at free from hydrolyzable chloride      such level in a concentrated food and alkoxy groups; no more than 18   that when prepared as directed on percent loss in weight after         the labels, the food in its ready- heating 4 hours at 200 °C;       for-consumption state will have viscosity 300 to 1,050 centistokes   not more than 10 parts per million at 25 °C; refractive index       except as follows: Zero in milk; 1.400-1.404 at 25 °C).           110 parts per million in dry                                      gelatin dessert mixes labeled for                                      use whereby no more than 16 parts                                      per million is present in the                                      ready-to-serve dessert; 250 parts                                      per million in salt labeled for                                      cooking purposes, whereby no more                                      than 10 parts per million is                                      present in the cooked food.Formaldehyde.......................  As a preservative in defoaming                                      agents containing                                      dimethylpolysiloxane, in an amount                                      not exceeding 1.0 percent of the                                      dimethylpolysiloxane content.α-Hydro-omega-hydroxy-poly     For use as prescribed in § (oxyethylene)/poly(oxypropylene)     172.808(b)(3) of this chapter. (minimum 15 moles)/ poly(oxyethylene) block copolymer (CAS Reg. No. 9003-11-6) as defined in § 172.808(a)(3) of this chapter.Polyacrylic acid, sodium salt......  As a stabilizer and thickener in                                      defoaming agents containing                                      dimethylpolysiloxane in an amount                                      reasonably required to accomplish                                      the intended effect.Polyethylene glycol................  As defined in § 172.820 of                                      this chapter.Polyoxyethylene 40 monostearate....  As defined in U.S.P. XVI.Polysorbate 60.....................  As defined in § 172.836 of                                      this chapter.Polysorbate 65.....................  As defined in § 172.838 of                                      this chapter.Propylene glycol alginate..........  As defined in § 172.858 of                                      this chapter.Silicon dioxide....................  As defined in § 172.480 of                                      this chapter.Sorbitan monostearate..............  As defined in § 172.842 of                                      this chapter.White mineral oil: Conforming with   As a component of defoaming agents § 172.878 of this chapter.      for use in wash water for sliced                                      potatoes at a level not to exceed                                      0.008 percent of the wash water.------------------------------------------------------------------------

(3) Substances listed in this paragraph (a)(3), provided they are components of defoaming agents limited to use in processing beet sugar and yeast, and subject to any limitations imposed:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------               Substances                          Limitations------------------------------------------------------------------------Aluminum stearate......................  As defined in § 172.863 of                                          this chapter.Butyl stearate.........................BHA....................................  As an antioxidant, not to                                          exceed 0.1 percent by weight                                          of defoamer.BHT....................................   Do.Calcium stearate.......................  As defined in § 172.863 of                                          this chapter.Fatty acids............................  As defined in § 172.860 of                                          this chapter.Formaldehyde...........................  As a preservative.Hydroxylated lecithin..................  As defined in § 172.814 of                                          this chapter.Isopropyl alcohol......................Magnesium stearate.....................  As defined in § 172.863 of                                          this chapter.Mineral oil: Conforming with §      Not more than 150 p.p.m. in 172.878 of this chapter.                 yeast, measured as                                          hydrocarbons.Odorless light petroleum hydrocarbons:   ............................... Conforming with § 172.884 of this chapter.Petrolatum: Conforming with §       ............................... 172.880 of this chapter.Petroleum wax: Conforming with § 172.886 of this chapter.Petroleum wax, synthetic...............Polyethylene glycol (400)dioleate:       As an emulsifier not to exceed Conforming with § 172.820(a)(2)     10 percent by weight of of this chapter and providing the        defoamer formulation. oleic acid used in the production of this substance complies with § 172.860 or § 172.862 of this chapter.Synthetic isoparaffinic petroleum hydrocarbons: Conforming with § 172.882 of this chapter.Oleic acid derived from tall oil fatty   Complying with § 172.862 acids.                                   of this chapter.Oxystearin.............................  As defined in § 172.818 of                                          this chapter.Polyoxyethylene (600) dioleate.........Polyoxyethylene (600) monoricinoleate..Polypropylene glycol...................  Molecular weight range, 1,200-                                          3,000.Polysorbate 80.........................  As defined in § 172.840 of                                          this chapter.Potassium stearate.....................  As defined in § 172.863 of                                          this chapter.Propylene glycol mono- and diesters of   As defined in § 172.856 of fats and fatty acids.                    this chapter.Soybean oil fatty acids, hydroxylated..Tallow, hydrogenated, oxidized or sulfated.Tallow alcohol, hydrogenated...........------------------------------------------------------------------------

(4) The substances listed in this paragraph (a)(4), provided they are components of defoaming agents limited to use in processing beet sugar only, and subject to the limitations imposed:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                Substances                           Limitations------------------------------------------------------------------------n-Butoxypoly(oxyethylene)-                  Viscosity range, 4,850-5,350 poly(oxypropylene)glycol.                   Saybolt Universal Seconds                                             (SUS) at 37.8 °C (100                                             °F). The viscosity                                             range is determined by the                                             method ``Viscosity                                             Determination of n-                                             butoxypoly(oxyethylene)-                                             poly(oxypropylene) glycol''                                             dated April 26, 1995,                                             developed by Union Carbide                                             Corp., P.O. Box 670, Bound                                             Brook, NJ 08805, which is                                             incorporated by reference                                             in accordance with 5 U.S.C.                                             552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.                                             Copies of the material                                             incorporated by reference                                             are available from the                                             Division of Petition                                             Control, Center for Food                                             Safety and Applied                                             Nutrition (HFS-215), Food                                             and Drug Administration,                                             5100 Paint Branch Pkwy.,                                             College Park, MD 20740, and                                             may be examined at the                                             Center for Food Safety and                                             Applied Nutrition's                                             Library, 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.php.Monoester of alpha-hydro-omega-hydroxy-     ............................ poly(oxyethylene) poly(oxypropylene) poly(oxyethylene) (15 mole minimum) blocked copolymer derived from low erucic acid rapeseed oil.------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) They are added in an amount not in excess of that reasonably required to inhibit foaming.

[42 FR 14526, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 2872, Jan. 20, 1978; 46 FR 30493, June 9, 1981; 46 FR 57476, Nov. 24, 1981; 60 FR 54036, Oct. 19, 1995; 61 FR 632, Jan. 9, 1996; 63 FR 29134, May 28, 1998]

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