Petition(s): FAP 0B4188

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Santizers

• Petitioner: Nippon Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (90F-0036)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of boric acid as a stabilizer in ethylene-vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymers intended for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): boric acid, (10043-35-3)
• Federal Register publication history: Feb 28, 1990 55 FR 7032 Notice ; Sep 6, 1994 59 FR 45972 Final Rule Sep 6, 1994 ; Oct 28, 1994 59 FR 54130 Final Rule; correction Sep 6, 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)