---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 186.1673"
title: "21"
number: "186.1673"
heading: "Pulp."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/186.1673"
---

# §186.1673. Pulp.

- (a) Pulp is the soft, spongy pith inside the stem of a plant such as wood, straw, sugarcane, or other natural plant sources.
- (b) **The ingredient is used or intended for use as a constituent of food packaging containers.**
- (c) The ingredient is used in paper and paperboard made by conventional paper-making processes at levels not to exceed good manufacturing practice.
- (d) Prior sanctions for this ingredient different from the uses established in this section do not exist or have been waived.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14658, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.