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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 6B4519

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

Petitioner: ICI Americas, Inc.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (96F-0291)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 12-hydroxystearic acid-polyethylene glycol (minimum MW 200) block copolymer as a surfactant in the manufacture of 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.): 12-hydroxystearic acid-polyethylene glycol block copolymer, (70142-34-6)
Federal Register publication history: Aug 26, 1996 61 FR 43772 Notice
Jul 25, 1997 62 FR 39937 Final Rule Jul 25, 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)
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