Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 1B4262
Indirect Food Additives: Polymers
Petitioner: | BASF Corp. |
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Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | (92F-0357) |
Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polysulfone resins identified as 1,1'-sulfonylbis[4-chlorobenzene] polymer with 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol] (minimum 92 percent) and 4,4'-sulfonylbis[phenol] (maximum 8 percent) (CAS Reg. No. 88285-91-0) consisting of basic resins produced when a mixture of 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (minimum 92 percent) and 4,4'-sulfonylbis[phenol] (maximum 8 percent) is made to react with 4,4'-dichlorodiphenyl sulfone in such a way that the finished resins have a minimum number average molecular weight of 26,000, as determined by osmotic pressure in dimethylformamide, as an article or component of articles for use in contact with food |
21 CFR* affected: | 177.1655 Polysulfone resins |
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): | 1,1'-sulfonylbis[4-chlorobenzene] polymer with 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol] and 4,4'sulfonylbis[phenol], (88285-91-0) |
Federal Register publication history: | Nov 17, 1992 57 FR 54247 Notice |
Jun 11, 1996 61 FR 29474 Final Rule Jun 11, 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)
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