Petition(s): FAP 6B3908

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: American Cyanamid Co.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (87F-0162)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol nonylphenyl ether, disodium salt (alcohol moiety produced by the condensation of 1 mole of nonylphenol and an average of 9 to 10 moles of ethylene oxide) for use as an emulsifier in the manufacture of polyvinyl acetate and vinyl-acrylate copolymers intended for use in coatings for paper and paperboard that will contact food
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.3400 Emulsifiers and/or surface-active agents
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol nonylphenyl ether, disodium salt, (9040-38-4)
• Federal Register publication history: Jun 4, 1987 52 FR 21122 Notice ; Jun 1, 1998 63 FR 29548 Final Rule Jun 1, 1998

 

*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)