# Indirect Food Additives; Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-09-16 · Effective 1996-09-16 · 61 FR 48623
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-23549
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 48623
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 178
- **Publication date:** 1996-09-16
- **Effective date:** 1996-09-16
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 92F-0117
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a mixture of methylated 4,4'-bis(2-benzoxazolyl)stilbenes, with the major portion consisting of 4-(2-benzoxazolyl)-4'-(5-methyl-2-benzoxazolyl)stilbene and lesser portions consisting of 4,4'-bis(5-methyl-2- benzoxazolyl)stilbene and 4,4'-bis(2-benzoxazolyl) stilbene, as an optical brightener in all food-contact polymers. This action is in response to a petition filed by Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/09/16/96-23549/indirect-food-additives-adjuvants-production-aids-and-sanitizers)
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