Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption
---
identifier: "/us/fr/03-55510"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "03-55510"
section_name: "Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption"
positive_law: false
currency: "2003-04-09"
last_updated: "2003-04-09"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Health and Human Services Department"
document_number: "03-55510"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2003-04-09"
agencies:
- "Health and Human Services Department"
- "Food and Drug Administration"
cfr_references:
- "21 CFR Part 172"
fr_citation: "68 FR 17277"
fr_volume: 68
---
# Chewing gum base.
**CFR Correction**
In Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 170 to 199, revised as of April 1, 2002, on page 63, § 172.615(a) is corrected in the table by removing the first entry for “Pentaerythritol ester of gum or wood rosin” and adding the following entry in its place:
§ 172.615
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| Plasticizing Materials (Softeners) | |
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| Pentaerythritol ester of partially hydrogenated gum or wood rosin | Having an acid number of 7-18, a minimum drop-softening point of 102 °C, and a color of K or paler. |
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