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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 3B4379

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Petitioner: Exxon Chemical Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (93F-0247)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene/hexene-1 copolymers containing a maximum of 20 percent by weight of polymer units derived from hexene-1 as components of articles intended for use in contact with food
21 CFR* affected: 177.1520 Olefin polymers
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): poly(ethylene-co-1-hexene), (25213-02-9)
Federal Register publication history: Aug 12, 1993 58 FR 42976 Notice
Aug 7, 1995 60 FR 40073 Final Rule Aug 7, 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)
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