Petition(s): FAP 3B4401

Indirect Food Additives: Adhesives and Components of Coatings

• Petitioner: Cytec Industries, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (93F-0358)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of meta-tetramethylxylene diisocyanate for reaction with one or more of the polyols and polyesters listed in the adhesive regulations and with dimethylolpropionic acid and trimethylamine, N-methyldiethanolamine, 2-dimethylaminoethanol, 2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-1-propanol, and/or 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol in the production of polyurethane resins intended for use as components of adhesive formulations used in food packaging applications.
• 21 CFR* affected: 175.105 Adhesives
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): meta-tetramethylxylene diisocyanate, (2778-42-9)
• Federal Register publication history: Oct 26, 1993 58 FR 57613 Notice ; Mar 12, 1996 61 FR 9903 Final Rule Mar 12, 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)