21 C.F.R. § 177.2800
Current through September 30, 2024
Textiles and textile fibers may safely be used as articles or components of articles intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food, subject to the provisions of this section.
| List of substances | Limitations |
| (i) Fibers: | |
| Cotton | |
| Polyethylene terephthalate complying in composition with the provisions of § 177.1630(e)(4)(ii) | For use only in the manufacture of items for repeated use. |
| Rayon | |
| (ii) Adjuvant substances: | |
| Aluminum stearate | |
| Borax | For use as preservative only. |
| Butyl-acetyl ricinoleate | |
| Colorants used in accordance with § 178.3297 of this chapter. | |
| Di-tert-butyl hydroquinone | |
| Dimethylpolysiloxane | |
| Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, sodium salt | |
| 4-Ethyl-4-hexadecyl morpholinium ethyl sulfate | For use only as a lubricant in the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate fibers specified in paragraph (d)(5)(i) of this section at a level not to exceed 0.03 percent by weight of the finished fibers. |
| Eugenol | |
| Fats, oils, fatty acids, and fatty alcohols derived from castor, coconut, cottonseed, fish, mustardseed, palm, peanut, rapeseed, ricebran, soybean, sperm, and tall oils and tallow. | |
| Fats, oils, fatty acids, and fatty alcohols described in the preceding item reacted with one or more of the following substances: | |
| n-Butyl and isobutyl alcohol | |
| Diethylene glycol | |
| Diethanolamine | |
| Glycerol | |
| Hexylene glycol (2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol) | |
| Hydrogen | |
| Isopropyl alcohol | |
| Methyl alcohol | |
| Oxygen | |
| Polyethylene glycol (molecular weight 400-3,000) | |
| Potassium hydroxide | |
| Propylene glycol | |
| Sodium hydroxide | |
| Sulfuric acid | |
| Formaldehyde | For use as preservative only. |
| Glyceryl mono-12-hydroxystearate | |
| 2-(9-Heptadecenyl)-1-[2-(10-octadecenamido)ethyl-2-imidazolinium ethyl sulfate. | |
| Hexylene glycol (2-methyl,-2,4-pentanediol) | |
| Isobutyl alcohol | |
| Isopropyl alcohol | |
| Kerosene | |
| Methyl ester of sulfated ricebran oil | |
| Mineral oil | For use only at a level not to exceed 0.15 percent by weight of finished fibers. |
| Mono- and diisopropylated m- and p-cresols (isothymol derivative). | |
| N-Oleyl, N'-acetyl, N'-[BETA]-hydroxy-ethylenediamine | |
| Petrolatum | |
| Petroleum sulfonate | |
| Pine oil | |
| Polybutene, hydrogenated; complying with the identity prescribed under 21 CFR 178.3740(b) of this chapter. | |
| Polyethylene, oxidized (air blown) | |
| Polyvinyl acetate | |
| Polyvinyl alcohol | |
| Potassium soap of a saponified sulfated castor oil | |
| Sodium bis(2,6-dimethylheptyl-4) sulfosuccinate | |
| Sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate | |
| Sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate | |
| Sodium fluoride | For use as preservative only. |
| Sodium hydrosulfite | |
| Sodium hypochlorite | |
| Sodium lauryl sulfate | |
| Sodium 2-mercaptobenzothiazole | Do. |
| Sodium pentachlorophenate | Do. |
| Styrene-butadiene copolymer | |
| Sulfated butyl, isobutyl and propyl oleate | |
| Tallow | |
| Tallow, sulfonated | |
| Titanium dioxide | |
| Triethanolamine | |
| Ultramarine blue | |
| Waxes, petroleum | |
| Zinc hydrosulfite |
21 C.F.R. §177.2800