---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 573.800"
title: "21"
number: "573.800"
heading: "Polyethylene glycol (400) mono- and dioleate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/573.800"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.