Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 7B3968
Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Foods
| Petitioner: | Cryovac Division, W.R. Grace & Co. |
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| Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | (86F-0418) |
| Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers as a packaging material intended to contact food during irradiation |
| 21 CFR* affected: | 179.45; Packaging materials for use during the irradiation of prepackaged foods |
| Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): |
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| Federal Register publication history: | Nov 21, 1986; 51 FR 42139; Notice |
| Feb 21, 1989; 54 FR 7404; Final Rule; Effective date: Feb 21, 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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