Petition(s): FAP 3B4366

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: Morton International, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (93F-0101)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of monomethyltin/dimethyltin isooctylmercaptoacetates as a stabilizer in rigid polyvinyl chloride and rigid vinyl chloride copolymers for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): dimethyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate), (57583-35-4) ; methyltin tris(isooctyl thioglycolate), (54849-38-6) ; methyltin tris(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate), (57583-34-3) ; dimethyltin bis(isooctyl thioglycolate), (26636-01-1)
• Federal Register publication history: Apr 22, 1993 58 FR 21583 Notice ; Aug 21, 1995 60 FR 43370 Final Rule Aug 21, 1995 ; Nov 5, 1996 61 FR 56892 Final Rule; technical amendment Nov 5, 1996

 

*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)