Petition(s): FAP 1B4234

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: Ciba-Geigy Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (90F-0413)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ammonium, potassium, and sodium salts of maleic anhydride, polymer with ethyl acrylate and vinyl acetate, hydrolyzed, as a deposit control additive, prior to the sheet forming operation, to prevent scale buildup in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): maleic anhydride-ethyl acrylate-vinyl acetate, copolymer hydrolyzed, (113221-69-5) ; maleic anhydride-ethyl acrylate-vinyl acetate, copolymer hydrolyzed, ammonium salt ; maleic anhydride-ethyl acrylate-vinyl acetate, copolymer hydrolyzed, potassium salt, (127279-01-0) ; maleic anhydride-ethyl acrylate-vinyl acetate, copolymer hydrolyzed, sodium salt, (111560-38-4)
• Federal Register publication history: Dec 19, 1990 55 FR 52099 Notice ; Aug 7, 1992 57 FR 34865 Final Rule Aug 7, 1992

 

*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)