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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 5A4436

Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption; Polypropylene Glycol

Petitioner: Ashland Chemical Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (94F-0415)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polypropylene glycol with a molecular weight range of 1,200 3,000 grams per mole (g/mol) as a defoaming agent in processing beet sugar and yeast
21 CFR* affected: 173.340 Defoaming agents
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): polypropylene glycol 1000-3000
Federal Register publication history: Jan 12, 1995 60 FR 2975 Notice
Oct 19, 1995 60 FR 54035 Final Rule Oct 19, 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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