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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives

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Petition(s): FAP 1B4270

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers

Petitioner: Henkel Corp.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (91F-0287)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations: (1) To provide for the safe use of pentaerythritol adipate-stearate as a lubricant, (2) to change its melting point range, and (3) to revise the identity description for this additive to indicate that it is an ester of pentaerythritol with adipic acid and stearic acid and its associated fatty acids
21 CFR* affected: 178.3690; Pentaerythritol adipate-stearate
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • pentaerythritol adipate-stearate, (68130-34-7)
  • Federal Register publication history: Sep 19, 1991; 56 FR 47478; Notice
    Apr 29, 1992; 57 FR 18081; Final rule; Effective date: Apr 29, 1992


     

    *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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