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Title 21 → Chapter I → Subchapter B → Part 182 → Subpart B → §182.1745 |
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 182—SUBSTANCES GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE
Subpart B—Multiple Purpose GRAS Food Substances
§182.1745 Sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
(a) Product. Sodium carboxymethylcellulose is the sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose not less than 99.5 percent on a dry-weight basis, with maximum substitution of 0.95 carboxymethyl groups per anhydroglucose unit, and with a minimum viscosity of 25 centipoises for 2 percent by weight aqueous solution at 25 °C.
(b) Conditions of use. This substance is generally recognized as safe when used in accordance with good manufacturing practice.