---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.255"
title: "21"
number: "172.255"
heading: "Polyacrylamide."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.255"
---

# §172.255. Polyacrylamide.


Polyacrylamide containing not more than 0.2 percent of acrylamide monomer may be safely used as a film former in the imprinting of soft-shell gelatin capsules when the amount used is not in excess of the minimum required to produce the intended effect.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.