[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 21, Volume 3] [Revised as of April 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 21CFR178.3480] [Page 394-395] TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED) PART 178--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND SANITIZERS--Table of Contents Subpart D--Certain Adjuvants and Production Aids Sec. 178.3480 Fatty alcohols, synthetic. Synthetic fatty alcohols may be safely used as components of articles intended for use in contact with food, and in synthesizing food additives and other substances permitted for use as components of articles intended for use in contact with food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions: (a) The food additive consists of fatty alcohols meeting the specifications and definition prescribed in Sec. 172.864 of this chapter, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. (b) It is used or intended for use as follows: [[Page 395]] (1) As substitutes for the corresponding naturally derived fatty alcohols permitted for use as components of articles intended for use in contact with food by existing regulations in parts 174, 175, 176, 177, 178 and Sec. 179.45 of this chapter: Provided, That the use is in compliance with any prescribed limitations. (2) As substitutes for the corresponding naturally derived fatty alcohols used as intermediates in the synthesis of food additives and other substances permitted for use as components of food-contact articles. (c) Synthetic fatty alcohols identified in paragraph (c)(1) of this section may contain not more than 0.8 weight percent of total diols as determined by a method titled ``Diols in Monohydroxy Alcohol by Miniature Thin Layer Chromatography (MTLC),'' which is incorporated by reference. Copies are available from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-200), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, or available for inspection at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC 20408. (1) Synthetic fatty alcohols. (i) Hexyl, octyl, decyl, lauryl, myristyl, cetyl, and stearyl alcohols meeting the specifications and definition prescribed in Sec. 172.864 of this chapter, except that they may contain not more than 0.8 weight percent total diols. (ii) Lauryl, myristyl, cetyl, and stearyl alcohols manufactured by the process described in Sec. 172.864(a)(2) of this chapter such that lauryl and myristyl alcohols meet the specifications in Sec. 172.864(a)(1)(i) of this chapter, and cetyl and stearyl alcohols meet the specifications in Sec. 172.864(a)(1)(ii) of this chapter. (2) Conditions of use. (i) Synthetic fatty alcohols as substitutes for the corresponding naturally derived fatty alcohols permitted for use in compliance with Sec. 178.3910. (ii) Synthetic lauryl alcohol as a substitute for the naturally derived lauryl alcohol permitted as an intermediate in the synthesis of sodium lauryl sulfate used in compliance with Sec. 178.3400. [42 FR 14609, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 11847, Mar. 19, 1982; 54 FR 24898, June 12, 1989]