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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 6B4814

Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components

Petitioner: 3M Corporation
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-2016-F-1153
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of two specific perfluoroalkyl containing substances as oil and water repellents for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods because these uses have been abandoned.
21 CFR* affected: 176.170; Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • Ammonium bis (N-ethyl-2-perfluoroalkylsulfonamido ethyl) phosphates, containing not more than 15 percent ammonium mono (N-ethyl-2-perfluoroalkylsulfonamido ethyl) phosphates, where the alkyl group is more than 95 percent C8 and the salts have a fluorine content of 50.2 percent to 52.8 percent as determined on a solids basis
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  • perfluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer, (92265-81-1)
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    Federal Register publication history: Apr 29, 2016; 81 FR 25625; Notice of petition
    Nov 22, 2016; 81 FR 83672; Final Rule; Effective date: Nov 22, 2016

     

    *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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