Petition(s): FAP 8B4091

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

• Petitioner: The Dow Chemical Co.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (88F-0199)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene-octene copolymers, ethylene-octene-hexene copolymers, ethylene-octene-butene copolymers, ethylene-octene-propylene copolymers, and ethylene-octene-4-methylpentene-1 copolymers, which contain not less than 80 weight percent of polymer units derived from ethylene, as articles or components of articles for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 177.1520 Olefin polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): ethylene-1-octene copolymers, (26221-73-8) ; ethylene-1-octene-1-hexene copolymers, (83833-97-0) ; ethylene-1-octene-1-butene copolymers, (28829-58-5) ; ethylene-1-octene-propylene copolymers, (26587-28-0) ; ethylene-1-octene-4-methyl-1-pentene copolymers, (120792-37-2)
• Federal Register publication history: Jun 24, 1988 53 FR 23798 Notice ; Mar 9, 1994 59 FR 10986 Final Rule Mar 9, 1994

 

*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.
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