# Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Sucralose
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1999-08-12 · Effective 1999-08-12 · 64 FR 43908
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-20888
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 43908
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 172
- **Publication date:** 1999-08-12
- **Effective date:** 1999-08-12
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 99F-0001
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of sucralose as a general purpose sweetener for food. This action is in response to a petition filed by McNeil Specialty Products Co.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/08/12/99-20888/food-additives-permitted-for-direct-addition-to-food-for-human-consumption-sucralose)
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