21 CFR § 573.800 - Polyethylene glycol (400) mono- and dioleate.

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title: "21 CFR § 573.800 - Polyethylene glycol (400) mono- and dioleate."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "573.800"
section_name: "Polyethylene glycol (400) mono- and dioleate."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_number: "573"
part_name: "FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF ANIMALS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
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# 573.800 Polyethylene glycol (400) mono- and dioleate.

(a) The food additive polyethylene glycol (400) mono- and dioleate meets the following specifications: Saponification number, 80-88; acid number, 5.0 maximum; and average molecular weight range, 640-680.

(b) It is used as a processing aid in the production of animal feeds when present as a result of its addition to molasses in an amount not to exceed 250 parts per million of the molasses.