# Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2001-09-19 · Effective 2001-09-19 · 66 FR 48208
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-23263
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 48208
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 173
- **Publication date:** 2001-09-19
- **Effective date:** 2001-09-19
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 01F-0142
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a mixture of peroxyacetic acid, octanoic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyoctanoic acid, and 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid as an antimicrobial agent on poultry carcasses, poultry parts, and organs. This action is in response to a petition filed by Ecolab, Inc.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/09/19/01-23263/secondary-direct-food-additives-permitted-in-food-for-human-consumption)
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