# Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-09-03 · Effective 1996-09-03 · 61 FR 46374
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-22286
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 46374
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 173
- **Publication date:** 1996-09-03
- **Effective date:** 1996-09-03
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 95F-0160
## 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, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and 1- hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) to reduce the microbial load in water used to wash certain fruits and vegetables. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is publishing a document that provides for the safe use of a mixture of peroxyacetic acid, acetic acid, and hydrogen peroxide to reduce the microbial load in water used to wash certain fruits and vegetables. This action is in response to a petition filed by Ecolab Inc.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/09/03/96-22286/secondary-direct-food-additives-permitted-in-food-for-human-consumption)
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