Petition(s): Amendment

Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Folic Acid (Folacin)

• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (91N-100F)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of folic acid in foods that are the subject of a standard of identity that requires the addition of folic acid; to provide for its addition to breakfast cereals on a per serving basis; to permit its use in infant formulas, medical foods, and foods for special dietary use; and to incorporate specifications for folic acid consistent with those in the Food Chemicals Codex
• 21 CFR* affected: 172.345 Folic acid (folacin)
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): folic acid, (59-30-3)
• Federal Register publication history: Oct 14, 1993 58 FR 53312 Proposed rule ; Mar 5, 1996 61 FR 8797 Final Rule Mar 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)