Petition(s): FAP 3B4367

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

• Petitioner: Lonza, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (93F-0132)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a mixture of hydroxymethyl-5,5-dimethylhydantoin and 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-5,5-dimethylhydantoin as a preservative in clay-type fillers for paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with aqueous and fatty food.
• 21 CFR* affected: 175.105 Adhesives. ; 175.300 Resinous and polymeric coatings. ; 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): hydroxymethyl-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, (27636-82-4) ; 1,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, (6440-58-0)
• Federal Register publication history: May 17, 1993 58 FR 28882 Notice ; Mar 29, 2000 65 FR 16518 Final Rule Mar 29, 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)