Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 6B4505
Indirect Food Additives: Polymers
| Petitioner: | Toray Industries (America) Inc. |
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| Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | (96F-0176) |
| Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of Nylon 6/12 copolymer resins as nonfood-contact layers of laminated films and rigid multilaminate constructions with polypropylene outer layers intended for use in contact with food. |
| 21 CFR* affected: | 177.1390; Laminate structures for use at temperatures of 250 deg.F and above |
| 177.1500; Nylon resins | |
| Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): |
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| Federal Register publication history: | Aug 27, 1996; 61 FR 44067; Notice |
| Aug 25, 1999; 64 FR 46271; Final Rule; Effective date: Aug 25, 1999 |
*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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