---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 178.3505"
title: "21"
number: "178.3505"
heading: "Glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxystearate)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/178.3505"
---

# §178.3505. Glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxystearate).


Glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxystearate) (CAS Reg. No. 139-43-5) may be safely used as a component of articles intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food, subject to the provisions of this section.

- (a) The additive is applied to the surface of calcium carbonate at a level not to exceed 1 weight-percent of the total mixture.
- (b) The calcium carbonate/glyceryl tri-(12-acetoxystearate) mixture is used as an adjuvant in polymers in contact with nonfatty foods at a level not to exceed 20 weight-percent of the polymer.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 1503, Jan. 11, 1985]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14609, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 1503, Jan. 11, 1985]