Petition(s): FAP 8B4611

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: BASF Corp.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (98F-0571)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of nickel antimony titanium yellow rutile (C.I. Pigment Yellow 53) as a colorant for polymers intended for use in contact with food
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.3297 Colorants for polymers
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): nickel antimony titanium yellow rutile (C.I. Pigment Yellow 53), (8007-18-9)
• Federal Register publication history: Jul 27, 1998 63 FR 40125 Notice ; Aug 16, 1999 64 FR 44406 Final Rule Aug 16, 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)