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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 3B4369

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Petitioner: Allied-Signal, Inc.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (93F-0111)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of Nylon 6/66 copolymers as components of nonfood-contact layers of multilayer food packaging used at temperatures that do not exceed 212 °F
21 CFR* affected: 177.1395 Laminate structures for use at temperatures between 120 deg.F and 250 deg.F
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): nylon 6/66, (24993-04-2)
Federal Register publication history: May 3, 1993 58 FR 26325 Notice
Oct 17, 1997 62 FR 53957 Final Rule Oct 17, 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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