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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives

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Petition(s): FAP 6B3949 and FAP 6B3948

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers, Adjuvants, Production Aids and Sanitizer

Petitioner: Dow Chemical Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (86F-0340 and 86F-0341)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additives regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene-carbon monoxide copolymers as components of food packaging and to provide that these copolymers may be sterilized with hydrogen peroxide for use in contact with food
21 CFR* affected: 177.1312; Ethylene-carbon monoxide copolymers
178.1005; Hydrogen peroxide solution
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • ethylene-carbon monoxide copolymer, (25052-62-4)
  • Federal Register publication history: Sep 2, 1986; 51 FR 31175; Notice
    Sep 24, 1986; 51 FR 33925; Notice
    Jul 22, 1992; 57 FR 32421; Final rule; Effective date: Jul 22, 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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