Petition(s): FAP 8B4563

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (97F-0468)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite by removing the restrictions on the temperature of use in low-density polyethylene films of thickness greater than 0.051 millimeter (mm) (0.002 inch (in)), provided that the film does not contain a total of tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite in excess of 0.062 milligram (mg) per square inch (in^2) of the food-contact surface
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite, (31570-04-4)
• Federal Register publication history: Nov 28, 1997 62 FR 63350 Notice ; Jul 2, 1998 63 FR 36176 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)