Chemicals used in delinting cottonseed

CAS 068603-42-9

This listing covers the chemicals used to strip the residual fibre from cottonseed before it is processed for oil or protein.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Chemicals used in delinting cottonseed by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.322retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Chiefly sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, applied to the seed and then neutralised and washed.

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  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
068603-42-9

Every name it appears under

2 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 068603-42-9

As it appears in regulation

  • Chemicals used in delinting cottonseed

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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