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21 CFR 181.27: Plasticizers.

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  1. Title 21—Food and Drugs
  2. CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  3. SUBCHAPTER B—FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
  4. PART 181—PRIOR-SANCTIONED FOOD INGREDIENTS
  5. Subpart B—Specific Prior-Sanctioned Food Ingredients

Substances classified as plasticizers, when migrating from food-packaging material shall include:

Acetyl tributyl citrate.

Acetyl triethyl citrate.

p-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate.

Butyl stearate.

Butylphthalyl butyl glycolate.

Dibutyl sebacate.

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (for foods of high water content only).

Diethyl phthalate.

Diisobutyl adipate.

Diisooctyl phthalate (for foods of high water content only).

Diphenyl-2-ethylhexyl phosphate.

Epoxidized soybean oil (iodine number maximum 6; and oxirane oxygen, minimum, 6.0 percent).

Ethylphthalyl ethyl glycolate.

Glycerol monooleate.

Monoisopropyl citrate.

Mono, di-, and tristearyl citrate.

Triacetin (glycerol triacetate).

Triethyl citrate.

3-(2-Xenolyl)-1,2-epoxypropane.

Collected 2026-08-27T02:24:47Z. Source file · JSON

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