Petition(s): FAP 6B4501

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: BASF Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (96F-0401)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polyamide-ethyleneimine-epichlorohydrin resin for use as a retention aid in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with dry food
• 21 CFR* affected: 176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry food
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): poly(adipic acid-co-N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine-co-N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine-co-epichlorohydrin-co-ethylenediamine-co-ethylenimine-co-PEG), formate, (114133-44-7) ; poly(adipic acid-co-N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine-co-N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine-co-epichlorohydrin-co-ethylenediamine-co-ethylenimine-co-PEG), sulfate, (167678-43-5)
• Federal Register publication history: Oct 31, 1996 61 FR 56242 Notice ; Nov 13, 1998 63 FR 63406 Final Rule Nov 13, 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)