Petition(s): FAP 1B4272

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

• Petitioner: Rohm and Haas Co.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (91F-0289)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of methyl methacrylate/ butyl acrylate-grafted polypropylene copolymer containing methyl methacrylate/butyl acrylate-grafted polypropylene, methyl methacrylate/ butyl acrylate copolymer, methyl methacrylate homopolymer, and polypropylene, resulting from the reaction of a mixture of methyl methacrylate and butyl acrylate with polypropylene, as a component of foodcontact materials.
• 21 CFR* affected: 177.1520 Olefin polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): poly((butyl acrylate-co-methyl methacrylate)-co-polypropylene), graft, (121510-09-6) ; poly(butyl acrylate-co-methyl methacrylate), (25852-37-3) ; methyl methacrylate homopolymer, (9011-14-7) ; polypropylene, (9003-07-0)
• Federal Register publication history: Aug 23, 1991 56 FR 41850 Notice ; Oct 2, 1996 61 FR 51364 Final Rule Oct 2, 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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