Final Rules: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FAP 8B4601
Indirect Food Additives: Polymers
| Petitioner: | The Dow Chemical Co. |
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| Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | (98F-0567) |
| Subject additive and intended use: | amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of ethylene-octene-1 copolymers, containing not less than 50 weight-percent of polymer units derived from ethylene, as articles or components of food-contact articles. |
| 21 CFR* affected: | 177.1520; Olefin polymers. |
| Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): |
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| Federal Register publication history: | Jul 28, 1998; 63 FR 40297; Notice |
| Mar 28, 2000; 65 FR 16313; Final Rule; Effective date: Mar 28, 2000 |
*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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