# Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-01-09 · Effective 1996-01-09 · 61 FR 631
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-228
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 631
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 173
- **Publication date:** 1996-01-09
- **Effective date:** 1996-01-09
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 95F-0244
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations for n-butoxypoly(oxyethylene)poly(oxypropylene) glycol intended for use in sugar beet processing to replace the existing limitation on molecular weight with a limitation on viscosity. This action responds to a petition filed by Union Carbide Corp.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/01/09/96-228/secondary-direct-food-additives-permitted-in-food-for-human-consumption)
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