21 CFR § 178.3600 - Methyl glucoside-coconut oil ester.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s178.3600"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 178.3600 - Methyl glucoside-coconut oil ester."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "178.3600"
section_name: "Methyl glucoside-coconut oil ester."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "178"
part_name: "INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND SANITIZERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 379e."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 14609, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "178"
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# 178.3600 Methyl glucoside-coconut oil ester.

Methyl glucoside-coconut oil ester identified in § 172.816(a) of this chapter may be safely used as a processing aid (filter aid) in the manufacture of starch, including industrial starch-modified complying with § 178.3520, intended for use as a component of articles that contact food.