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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 6B4816

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

Petitioner: Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-2016-F-1805
Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an additive in closure-sealing gaskets for food containers because this use has been abandoned.
21 CFR* affected: 177.1210; Closures with sealing gaskets for food containers.
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • potassium perchlorate, (7778-74-7)
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    Federal Register publication history: Jun 30, 2016; 81 FR 42585; Notice of petition
    May 4, 2017; 82 FR 20829; Final Rule; Effective date: May 4, 2017

     

    *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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