Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 2A4833
Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption; Hydrogen Peroxide
| Petitioner: | Cargill, Inc. |
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| Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | FDA-2022-F-2725 |
| Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulation to provide for the safe use of hydrogen peroxide in food as an antimicrobial agent, oxidizing and reducing agent, and bleaching agent, and to remove sulfur dioxide. |
| 21 CFR* affected: | 173.356; Hydrogen peroxide |
| Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): |
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| Federal Register publication history: | Dec 21, 2022; 87 FR 70752; Notification of petition |
| Sep 3, 2025; 90 FR 42535; Final amendment; order.; Effective date: Sep 3, 2025 |
*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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