Petition(s): FAP 2B4300

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (92F-0162)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to expand the safe use of sodium 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate as a clarifying agent in polypropylene articles intended for contact with all types of food to include frozen or refrigerated storage of ready-prepared foods intended to be reheated in the container at the time of use
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.3295 Clarifying agents for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): sodium 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphate, (85209-91-2)
• Federal Register publication history: May 4, 1992 57 FR 19133 Notice ; May 16, 1994 59 FR 25322 Final Rule May 16, 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.
• 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)