---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 184.1262"
title: "21"
number: "184.1262"
heading: "Corn silk and corn silk extract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/184.1262"
---

# §184.1262. Corn silk and corn silk extract.

- (a) **Corn silk is the fresh styles and stigmas of <I>Zea mays</I> L.** collected when the corn is in milk. The filaments are extracted with dilute ethanol to produce corn silk extract. The extract may be concentrated at a temperature not exceeding 60 °C.
- (b) The ingredient must be of a purity suitable for its intended use.
- (c) In accordance with [§ 184.1(b)(2)](/cfr/21/184.1.md?p=b-2), the ingredients are used in food only within the following specific limitations:
- (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 29953, July 9, 1982, as amended at 73 FR 8607, Feb. 14, 2008]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14653, Mar 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 29953, July 9, 1982, as amended at 73 FR 8607, Feb. 14, 2008]