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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): CAP 1C0229

Listing of Color Additives for Coloring Contact Lenses; 1,4-Bis[4-(2-Methacryloxyethyl)Phenylamino]Anthraquinone Copolymers

Petitioner: Baush & Lomb, Inc.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (90C-0406); (89C-0203)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of the colored reaction product formed by copolymerizing 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone (C.I. Reactive Blue 246) with hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone to form contact lenses and to identify clearly the color additive as the reaction product of 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone copolymerized with other monomers
21 CFR* affected: 73.3106; 1,4-bis(4-(2-methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino)anthraquinone
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • 1,4-bis[4-(2-methacyloxyethyl)phenylamino]anthraquinone copolymers, (121888-69-5)
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    Federal Register publication history: Dec 19, 1990; 55 FR 52099; Notice
    Aug 11, 1992; 57 FR 35832; Notice
    Apr 5, 1993; 58 FR 17506; Final Rule; Effective date: May 6, 1993
    Aug 3, 1993; 58 FR 41182; Final Rule; confirmation of effective date; Effective date: May 6, 1993


     

    *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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