Petition(s): FAP 8B4596

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: BASF Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (98F-0390)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 2,9-dimethylanthra(2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d'e'f')diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10(2H,9H)-tetrone, (C.I. Pigment Red 179) as a colorant for all polymers intended for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.3297 Colorants for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): 2,9-dimethylanthra(2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d'e'f')diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10(2H,9H)-tetrone (C.I. Pigment Red 179), (5521-31-3)
• Federal Register publication history: Jun 15, 1998 63 FR 32672 Notice ; Oct 20, 1998 63 FR 55945 Final Rule Oct 20, 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)