Petition(s): FAP 6B4510

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (96F-0205)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the additional safe use of 3,9-bis[2-{3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)propionyloxy}-1,1-dimethylethyl]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in propylene homopolymer and high propylene olefin copolymer articles intended for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): 3,9-bis[2-[3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)propionyloxy]-1,1-dimethylethyl]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane, (90498-90-1)
• Federal Register publication history: Jul 3, 1996 61 FR 34853 Notice ; Dec 19, 1996 61 FR 66918 Final Rule Dec 19, 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)