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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 1B4238

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Petitioner: Amoco Chemical Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (90F-0435)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of isobutylene-butene copolymers as a plasticizer in polypropylene intended for use in contact with food
21 CFR* affected: 177.1430 Isobutylene-butene copolymers
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): poly(butene-co-isobutylene), (9044-17-1)
Federal Register publication history: Jan 11, 1991 56 FR 1197 Notice
Jul 2, 1998 63 FR 36175 Final Rule Jul 2, 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)
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