Petition(s): FAP 5B4475

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: GE Silicones
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (95F-0255)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of diallyl maleate and 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol as optional polymerization inhibitors and dimethyl (methyl hydrogen) polysiloxane as a cross-linking agent in the manufacture of vinyl-containing siloxanes that are used in coatings for paper and paperboard that contact food; to increase the maximum permitted residual level of platinum, which remains from the catalyst used in the manufacture of vinyl-containing siloxanes, to 200 parts per million (ppm) of these siloxanes; and to expand the safe use of coatings with vinylcontaining siloxanes for contact with additional food types and under additional conditions of use
• 21 CFR* affected: 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): diallyl maleate, (999-21-3) ; 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol, (78-27-3)
• Federal Register publication history: Sep 25, 1995 60 FR 49414 Notice ; Dec 17, 1999 63 FR 69550 Final Rule Dec 17, 1999

 

*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)