Petition(s): FAP 6B3944

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: General Electric Co. (formerly Borg-Wamer Chemicals, Inc.)
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (86F-0328)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of phosphorous add, cyclic neopentanetetrayl bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) ester as an antioxidant for use in olefin polymers intended for food-contact use
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): phosphorous acid, cyclic neopentanetetrayl bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) ester, (26741-53-7)
• Federal Register publication history: Aug 22, 1986 51 FR 30128 Notice ; Jul 14, 1993 58 FR 37854 Final rule Jul 14, 1993

 

*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)