Petition(s): FAP 4B4430

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

• Petitioner: Morton International, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (94F-0334)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of methyltin-2-mercaptoethyloleate sulfide used alone or in combination with several optional substances as a heat stabilizer for use in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and rigid vinyl chloride copolymers intended for use in the manufacture of pipes and pipe fittings that will contact water in food processing plants.
• 21 CFR* affected: 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers.
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): methyltin-2- mercaptoethyloleate sulfide, (68442-12-6)
• Federal Register publication history: Oct 21, 1994 59 FR 53193 Notice ; Sep 7, 1999 64 FR 48655 Notice (Amendment) ; Mar 23, 2000 65 FR 15545 Final Rule Mar 23, 2000

 

*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)