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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives

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Petition(s): FAP 3A3744

Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Aspartame

Petitioner: Searle Research and Development Division of G.D. Searle & Co. (now the NutraSweet Co.)
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (83F-0262)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of aspartame as a sweetener available to consumers in bulk package form
21 CFR* affected: 172.804; Aspartame
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • aspartame, (22839-47-0)
  • Federal Register publication history: Sep 8, 1983; 48 FR 40562; Notice
    Jan 30, 1992; 57 FR 3702; Final rule; Effective date: Jan 30, 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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