[Title 40 CFR 185.2900]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)]
[Subchapter E - PESTICIDE PROGRAMS]
[Part 185 - TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDES IN FOOD]
[Subpart B - Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption]
[Sec. 185.2900 - Ethyl formate.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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  Sec. 185.2900
  
    PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)
    PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
    TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDES IN FOOD
    Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
  


Sec. 185.2900   Ethyl formate.

    The food additive ethyl formate may be safely used in or on 
specified dried fruits in accordance with the following prescribed 
conditions:
    (a) It is used or intended for use in or on raisins and dried Zante 
currants as a bulk and package fumigant.
    (b) It is used in accordance with directions registered with the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and so used that the total formic 
acid present free and combined, in the finished product shall not exceed 
250 parts per million.
    (c) To assure safe use of the additive, its label and labeling shall 
conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency.