---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 173.385"
title: "21"
number: "173.385"
heading: "Sodium methyl sulfate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/173.385"
---

# §173.385. Sodium methyl sulfate.


Sodium methyl sulfate may be present in pectin in accordance with the following conditions.

- (a) It is present as the result of methylation of pectin by sulfuric acid and methyl alcohol and subsequent treatment with sodium bicarbonate.
- (b) It does not exceed 0.1 percent by weight of the pectin.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14526, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.