21 CFR § 178.3940 - Tetraethylene glycol di-(2-ethylhexoate).

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title: "21 CFR § 178.3940 - Tetraethylene glycol di-(2-ethylhexoate)."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "178.3940"
section_name: "Tetraethylene glycol di-(2-ethylhexoate)."
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"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 379e."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 14609, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 178.3940 Tetraethylene glycol di-(2-ethylhexoate).

Tetraethylene glycol di-(2-ethylhexoate) containing not more than 22 parts per million ethylene and/or diethylene glycols may be used at a level not to exceed 0.7 percent by weight of twine as a finish on twine to be used for tying meat provided the twine fibers are produced from nylon resins complying with § 177.1500 of this chapter.