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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 1B4279

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

Petitioner: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (91F-0339)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol as an antimicrobial/preservative in fillers, pigment slurries, starch sizing solutions, and latex coatings used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard articles intended to contact food
21 CFR* affected: 176.170; Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol, (52-51-7)
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    Federal Register publication history: Sep 19, 1991; 56 FR 47478; Notice
    Jun 30, 1995; 60 FR 34134; Final Rule; Effective date: Jun 30, 1995


     

    *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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