Petition(s): FAP 8A4609

Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption; Ion Exchange Resins

• Petitioner: Rohm and Haas Co.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (98F-0749)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of the ion exchange resin, methylacrylate-divinyl benzene diethylene glycol divinyl ether terpolymer containing not less than 3.5 percent by weight of divinyl benzene and not more than 0.6 percent by weight of diethylene glycol divinyl ether, aminolyzed with dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) to treat water and aqueous foods without limits on the conditions of use, and with a specification for DMAPA, an impurity in the ion exchange resin
• 21 CFR* affected: 173.25 Ion-exchange resins
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): poly(diethylene glycol divinyl ether-co-divinylbenzene-co-methyl acrylate), aminolyzed with dimethylaminopropylamine, (128903-16-2)
• Federal Register publication history: Sep 15, 1998 63 FR 49360 Notice ; Oct 18, 1999 64 FR 56172 Final Rule Oct 18, 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.
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