---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.145"
title: "21"
number: "172.145"
heading: "Heptylparaben."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.145"
---

# §172.145. Heptylparaben.

- (a) **The food additive heptylparaben is the chemical <I>n</I>-heptyl <I>p</I>-hydroxybenzoate.**
- (b) It may be safely used to inhibit microbiological spoilage in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
  - (1) **In fermented malt beverages in amounts not to exceed 12 parts per million.**
  - (2) In noncarbonated soft drinks and fruit-based beverages in amounts not to exceed 20 parts per million, when standards of identity established under section 401 of the Act ([21 U.S.C. 341](/usc/21/341.md)) do not preclude such use.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.