fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1995-08-07 · Effective 1995-08-07 · 60 FR 40073
Document
Document number
95-19424
Federal Register citation
60 FR 40073
CFR reference
21 CFR 177
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1995-08-07
Effective date
1995-08-07
HHS docket
Docket No. 93F-0247
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene/hexene-1 copolymers containing a maximum of 20 percent by weight of polymer units derived from hexene-1 as components of articles intended for use in contact with food. This action is in response to a petition filed by Exxon Chemical Co. DATES: Effective August 7, 1995; written objections and requests for a hearing by September 6, 1995.