# Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1996-12-10 · Effective 1996-12-10 · 61 FR 64989
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-31361
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 64989
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 178
- **Publication date:** 1996-12-10
- **Effective date:** 1996-12-10
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 94F-0251
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 1,4-bis[(2,4,6- trimethylphenyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione as a colorant in polyethylene phthalate polymers intended for use in food-contact articles. This action is in response to a petition filed by Registration and Consulting Co. AG.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/12/10/96-31361/indirect-food-additives-adjuvants-production-aids-and-sanitizers)
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