Petition(s): GRP 4G0041

Food Additives Permitted for Direct and Secondary Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Quaternary Ammonium Chloride Combination

• Petitioner: Fabcon International, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (83G-0284)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of quaternary ammonium chloride combination as an antimicrobial agent in the processing of sugar cane
• 21 CFR* affected: 172.165 Quaternary ammonium chloride combination ; 173.320 Chemicals for controlling microorganisms in cane-sugar and beet-sugar mills
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): N-dodecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, (139-07-1) ; N-dodecyl dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride, (27479-28-3) ; N-hexadecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, (122-18-9) ; N-octadecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium, (122-19-0) ; N-tetradecyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, (139-08-2) ; N-tetradecyl dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride, (27479-29-4)
• Federal Register publication history: Aug 6, 1974 39 FR 28307 Notice ; Jan 29, 1985 50 FR 3890 Final Rule Jan 29, 1985

 

*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)