---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.715"
title: "21"
number: "172.715"
heading: "Calcium lignosulfonate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.715"
---

# §172.715. Calcium lignosulfonate.


Calcium lignosulfonate may be safely used in or on food, subject to the provisions of this section.

- (a) **Calcium lignosulfonate consists of sulfonated lignin, primarily as calcium and sodium salts.**
- (b) It is used in an amount not to exceed that reasonably required to accomplish the intended physical or technical effect when added as a dispersing agent and stabilizer in pesticides for preharvest or postharvest application to bananas.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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