Chloromethylated aminated styrene-divinylbenzene resin

CAS 60177-39-1

This anion-exchange resin is used to decolourise and demineralise sugar liquor and other food liquids.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Chloromethylated aminated styrene-divinylbenzene resin 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 173.70retrieved 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

Made by chloromethylating a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer and reacting it with an amine.

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CAS registry number
60177-39-1

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 60177-39-1

As it appears in regulation

  • Chloromethylated aminated styrene-divinylbenzene resin

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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