---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.818"
title: "21"
number: "172.818"
heading: "Oxystearin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.818"
---

# §172.818. Oxystearin.


The food additive oxystearin may be safely used in foods, when such use is not precluded by standards of identity in accordance with the following conditions:

- (a) The additive is a mixture of the glycerides of partially oxidized stearic and other fatty acids obtained by heating hydrogenated cottonseed or soybean oil under controlled conditions, in the presence of air and a suitable catalyst which is not a food additive as so defined. The resultant product meets the following specifications:
- (b) It is used or intended for use as a crystallization inhibitor in vegetable oils and as a release agent in vegetable oils and vegetable shortenings, whereby the additive does not exceed 0.125 percent of the combined weight of the oil or shortening.
- (c) To insure safe use of the additive, the label and labeling of the additive container shall bear, in addition to the other information required by the Act:
  - (1) **The name of the additive.**
  - (2) Adequate directions to provide an oil or shortening that complies with the limitations prescribed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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