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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 8B4089

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Petitioner: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (88F-0196)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of trimethyl trimellitate as an optional monomer in the manufacture of certain polyester elastomers intended for repeated use in contact with food
21 CFR* affected: 177.2600; Rubber articles intended for repeated use
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • dimethyl terephthalate-1,4 butanediol-α-hydro-Ω-hydroxypoly(oxytetramethylene) copolymer, (9078-71-1)
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  • trimethyl trimellitate, (2459-10-1)
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    Federal Register publication history: Jun 22, 1988; 53 FR 23455; Notice
    Sep 22, 1989; 54 FR 38968; Final Rule; Effective date: Sep 22, 1989


     

    *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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