---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 178.3720"
title: "21"
number: "178.3720"
heading: "Petroleum wax, synthetic."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/178.3720"
---

# §178.3720. Petroleum wax, synthetic.


Synthetic petroleum wax may be safely used in applications and under the same conditions where naturally derived petroleum wax is permitted in subchapter B of this chapter as a component of articles intended to contact food, provided that the synthetic petroleum wax meets the definition and specifications prescribed in [§ 172.888](/cfr/21/172.888.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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