Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1999-03-19 · Effective 1999-03-19 · 64 FR 13506
Document
Document number
99-6667
Federal Register citation
64 FR 13506
CFR reference
21 CFR 178
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1999-03-19
Effective date
1999-03-19
HHS docket
Docket No. 97F-0213
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic neopentanetetrayl bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4- methylphenyl)ester as an antioxidant in polypropylene homopolymer and copolymers not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight of polypropylene homopolymer and copolymers. This action is in response to a petition filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.