A process for rendering a polyamine-epihalohydrin resin storage stable, is
described. The process entails treating a polyamine-epihalohydrin resin
composition, where the resin is formed in a reaction having a molar ratio
of epihalohydrin to secondary amine group of less than about 0.5 and
where the composition has a solids content of at least 15 wt % and
includes CPD-forming species, with at least one enzymatic agent under
conditions to inhibit, reduce or remove the CPD-forming species to obtain
a gelation storage stable reduced CPD-forming resin so that the
composition containing the reduced CPD-forming polyamine-epihalohydrin
resin when stored for 24 hours at 50.degree. C. and a pH of about 1.0
releases less than about 100 ppm dry basis of CPD.