Petition(s): FAP 1B4279

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (91F-0339)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol as an antimicrobial/preservative in fillers, pigment slurries, starch sizing solutions, and latex coatings used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard articles intended to contact food
• 21 CFR* affected: 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol, (52-51-7)
• Federal Register publication history: Sep 19, 1991 56 FR 47478 Notice ; Jun 30, 1995 60 FR 34134 Final Rule Jun 30, 1995

 

*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)