{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-177.1460","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 177.1460","heading":"Melamine-formaldehyde resins in molded articles.","body":"Melamine-formaldehyde resins may be safely used as the food-contact surface of molded articles intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:\n(a) For the purpose of this section, melamine-formaldehyde resins are those produced when 1 mole of melamine is made to react with not more than 3 moles of formaldehyde in water solution.\n(b) The resins may be mixed with refined woodpulp and the mixture may contain other optional adjuvant substances which may include the following:\nList of substances Limitations\nColorants used in accordance with § 178.3297 of this chapter\nHexamethylenetetramine For use only as polymerization reaction control agent.\nPhthalic acid anhydride Do.\nZinc stearate For use as lubricant.\n(c) The molded melamine-formaldehyde articles in the finished form in which they are to contact food, when extracted with the solvent or solvents characterizing the type of food and under the conditions of time and temperature as determined from tables 1 and 2 of § 175.300(d) of this chapter, shall yield net chloroform-soluble extractives not to exceed 0.5 milligram per square inch of food-contact surface.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION","PART 177—INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: POLYMERS","Subpart B—Substances for Use as Basic Components of Single and Repeated Use Food Contact Surfaces"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"d01ea2ba2fc43fa952f21bdcaad1c77ba64678052a733e7a47ed115d1dcedf4f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-177.1440","next":"us/21-cfr-177.1480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}