Petition(s): FAP 4B4411

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

• Petitioner: Exxon Chemical Co.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (94F-0022)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of petroleum hydrocarbon resins (cyclopentadiene-type), hydrogenated, as an adjuvant in the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymer films and copolymer films of propylene and ethylene containing not less than 94 weight percent propylene for use in contact with fatty and alcoholic foods
• 21 CFR* affected: 177.1520 Olefin polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): hydrogenated cyclodiene polymer, (68132-00-3)
• Federal Register publication history: Mar 10, 1994 59 FR 11278 Notice ; Jun 4, 1996 61 FR 28049 Final Rule Jun 4, 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.
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  • FAP: Food Additive Petition
  • CAP: Color Additive Petition
  • GRP: GRAS Affirmation Petition (replaced by GRAS Notification Program in 1998)