Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1996-12-16 · Effective 1996-12-16 · 61 FR 65942
Document
Document number
96-31808
Federal Register citation
61 FR 65942
CFR reference
21 CFR 178
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1996-12-16
Effective date
1996-12-16
HHS docket
Docket No. 96F-0164
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of sodium 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate as a clarifying agent in high density polyethylene intended for use in contact with food. This action is in response to a petition filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.