Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1999-10-05 · Effective 1999-10-05 · 64 FR 53925
Document
Document number
99-25790
Federal Register citation
64 FR 53925
CFR reference
21 CFR 178
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1999-10-05
Effective date
1999-10-05
HHS docket
Docket No. 99F-1422
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of 2,4-di- tert-pentyl-6-[1-(3,5-di-tert-pentyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]phenyl acrylate as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for polypropylene, polystyrene, rubber-modified polystyrene, and styrene block copolymers intended for use in contact with food. This action responds to a petition filed by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.