# Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Natamycin (Pimaricin)
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1998-12-01 · Effective 1998-12-01 · 63 FR 66014
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-31855
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 66014
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 172
- **Publication date:** 1998-12-01
- **Effective date:** 1998-12-01
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 98F-0063
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a dry form of natamycin as an antimycotic in cheeses. This action is in response to a petition filed by Protein Technologies International, Inc.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/12/01/98-31855/food-additives-permitted-for-direct-addition-to-food-for-human-consumption-natamycin-pimaricin)
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