Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 1B4267
Indirect Food Additives: Polymers
| Petitioner: | Exxon Chemical Co. |
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| Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | (91F-0254) |
| Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of petroleum hydrocarbon resins (cyclopentadiene-type), hydrogenated, as an adjuvant in the manufacture of polypropylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene containing not less than 94 weight percent propylene for use in contact with food |
| 21 CFR* affected: | 177.1520; Olefin polymers |
| Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): |
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| Federal Register publication history: | Aug 1, 1991; 56 FR 36814; Notice |
| May 20, 1994; 59 FR 26420; Final Rule; Effective date: May 20, 1994 |
*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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