# Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Olestra
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-01-30 · Effective 1996-01-30 · 61 FR 3118
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-1584
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 3118
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 172
- **Publication date:** 1996-01-30
- **Effective date:** 1996-01-30
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 87F-0179
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of sucrose esterified with medium and long chain fatty acids (olestra) as a replacement for fats and oils. This action is in response to a petition filed by the Procter & Gamble Co.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/01/30/96-1584/food-additives-permitted-for-direct-addition-to-food-for-human-consumption-olestra)
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