Petition(s): FAP 4B4808

Natural Resources Defense Council et al.; Denial of Food Additive Petition

• Petitioner: Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Food Safety, Clean Water Action, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids' Environment
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-2015-F-0537
• Subject additive and intended use: denying a petition to revoke the Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemption No. 2005-006 to no longer exempt from our food additive regulations the use of sodium perchlorate monohydrate as a conductivity enhancer in antistatic agents for use in finished articles in contact with dry foods; issue a new FDA regulation to prohibit the use of perchlorates in antistatic agents for use in food-contact articles; and amend our food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an additive in closure-sealing gaskets for food containers.
• 21 CFR* affected: No regulations are affected.
• Federal Register publication history: Mar 16, 2015 80 FR 13508 Notice of petition ; May 4, 2017 82 FR 20847 Notification; denial of petition May 4, 2017 ; Apr 24, 2019 84 FR 17113 Notification; response to objections and denial of public hearing requests May 4, 2017

 

*Definitions

• 21 CFR: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Substance: The name of the substance listed in the CFR.
• CAS Registry® No.: Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number® for the substance.
• Petitions (see also Questions and Answers About the Petition Process)
  • FAP: Food Additive Petition
  • CAP: Color Additive Petition
  • GRP: GRAS Affirmation Petition (replaced by GRAS Notification Program in 1998)