Modified polyacrylamide resin

Modified polyacrylamide resin is a clarifying and flocculating aid used in processing water and sugar liquor.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Modified polyacrylamide 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 173.10retrieved 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

Produced by polymerising and then modifying acrylamide. Residual monomer is limited.

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Every name it appears under

1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.

As it appears in regulation

  • Modified polyacrylamide 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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