Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1998-07-02 · Effective 1998-07-02 · 63 FR 36177
Document
Document number
98-17544
Federal Register citation
63 FR 36177
CFR reference
21 CFR 178
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1998-07-02
Effective date
1998-07-02
HHS docket
Docket No. 97F-0469
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert- butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in high- density polyethylene and high-density olefin copolymers intended for use in contact with food. This action is in response to a petition filed by General Electric Co.