Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 7B4528
Indirect Food Additives: Polymers
Petitioner: | Elf Atochem North America, Inc. |
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Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | (96F-0477) |
Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polyamide/polyether block copolymers prepared by reacting a copolymer of omega-laurolactam and adipic acid with poly(tetramethylene ether glycol) for use in the manufacture of rubber articles intended for repeated use in contact with food |
21 CFR* affected: | 177.2600 Rubber articles intended for repeated use |
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): | polyamide/polyether block copolymers, (77402-38-1) |
Federal Register publication history: | Dec 12, 1996 61 FR 65405 Notice |
Feb 20, 1998 63 FR 8571 Final Rule Feb 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)
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