# Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1997-05-09 · Effective 1997-05-09 · 62 FR 25475
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-12156
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 25475
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 178
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-09
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-09
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 95F-0163
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of high-purity furnace black as a colorant for polymers intended for use in contact with food. This action is in response to a petition filed by Cabot Corp.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/09/97-12156/indirect-food-additives-adjuvants-production-aids-and-sanitizers)
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