Petition(s): FAP 6B4513

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: Ciba-Geigy Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (96F-0242)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the additional safe use of perfluoroalkyl substituted phosphate ester acids, ammonium salts formed by the reaction of 2,2-bis[(gamme-omega-perfluoro(C4-20)alkylthio)methyl]-1,3-propanediol, polyphosphoric acid and ammonium hydroxide, as an oil and water repellant for paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): ammonium 2,2-bis((perfluoroalkyl(c2-18)ethyl)thiomethyl)-1,3-propanediol
• Federal Register publication history: Jul 18, 1996 61 FR 37483 Notice ; Mar 7, 1997 62 FR 10452 Final Rule Mar 7, 1997

 

*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)