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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 0A4226

Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption; Polymaleic Acid and its Sodium Salt

Petitioner: Ciba-Geigy, Inc.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (90F-0344)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to increase the permitted use level of polymaleic acid and its sodium salt to control mineral scale during the production of beet and cane sugar juice and liquor, and to amend the specifications for the additives
21 CFR* affected: 173.45 Polymaleic acid and its sodium salt
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): poly(maleic acid), sodium salt, (30915-61-8)
Federal Register publication history: Nov 28, 1990 55 FR 49426 Notice
Jan 5, 1996 61 FR 385 Final Rule Jan 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)
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