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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives

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Petition(s): FAP 8B4053

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Petitioner: Mobil Chemical Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (87F-0415)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations by expanding the conditions of use of poly(p-methylstyrene) and rubber-modified poly(p-methylstyrene) in contact with food
21 CFR* affected: 177.1635; Poly(p-methylstyrene) and rubber-modified poly(p-methylstyrene)
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • poly(p-methylstyrene), (24936-41-2)
  • Federal Register publication history: Feb 9, 1988; 53 FR 3791; Notice
    Dec 26, 1990; 55 FR 52989; Final rule; Effective date: Dec 26, 1990


     

    *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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