Petition(s): FAP 0B4193

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: BASF Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (91F-0479)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polyamideethyleneimine-epichlorohydrin resin prepared by reacting adipic acid and N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,2-ethanediamine, to form a basic polyamidoamine which is modified by reaction with ethyleneimine, and further reacted with formic acid and (chloromethyl)oxirane-alpha-hydro-omega-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl). The resin is intended for use as a retention aid in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended to contact dry food
• 21 CFR* affected: 176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry food
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): polyamide-ethyleneimine-epichlorohydrin resin, (115340-77-7)
• Federal Register publication history: Jan 14, 1992 57 FR 1484 Notice ; Nov 15, 1993 58 FR 60109 Final Rule Nov 15, 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)