21 CFR § 186.1673 - Pulp.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s186.1673"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 186.1673 - Pulp."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "186.1673"
section_name: "Pulp."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "186"
part_name: "INDIRECT FOOD SUBSTANCES AFFIRMED AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE"
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, 371."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 14658, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "186"
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# 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.