---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 175.230"
title: "21"
number: "175.230"
heading: "Hot-melt strippable food coatings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/175.230"
---

# §175.230. Hot-melt strippable food coatings.


Hot-melt strippable food coatings may be safely applied to food, subject to the provisions of this section.

- (a) **The coatings are applied to and used as removable coatings for food.**
- (b) The coatings may be prepared, as mixtures, from the following substances:
  - (1) **Substances generally recognized as safe in food.**
  - (2) **Substances identified in this subparagraph.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14534, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.