[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49284-49285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X98-10915]


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FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 CFR Part 178


Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production aids, and 
Sanitizers

CFR Correction

    In Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 170 to 199, 
revised as of April 1, 1998, page 349, Sec. 178.2010 is corrected in 
the table in paragraph (b), in the entry for 2,2'-Ethylidenebis(4,6-di-
tert-butylphenol) (CAS Reg. No. 35958-30-6) by inserting the following 
between the words ``chapter'' and ``food'' in the first line in entry 
10:


Sec. 178.2010  Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers.

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            Substance                           Limitations             
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2,2-Ethylidenebis(4,6-di-tert-    For use only:                         
 butylphenyl)fluorophosphonite    1. As provided in Sec.  175.105 of    
 (CAS Reg. No. 118337-09-0).       this chapter.                        
                                  2. In all polymers used in contact    
                                   with food of types I, II, IV-B, VI-A,
                                   VI-B, VII-B, and VIII, under         
                                   conditions of use B through H        
                                   described in Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  
                                   176.170(c) of this chapter at levels 
                                   not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight 
                                   of polymers.                         
                                  3. In polypropylene complying with    
                                   Sec.  177.1520(c) of this chapter,   
                                   item 1.1, in contact with food of    
                                   types III, IV-A, V, VII-A, and IX,   
                                   under:                               
                                  (a) Conditions of use B through H     
                                   described in Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  
                                   176.170(c) of this chapter at levels 
                                   not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight 
                                   of the polymer; or                   
                                  (b) Condition of use A, limited to    
                                   levels not to exceed 0.1 percent by  
                                   weight of the polymer; provided that 
                                   the food-contact surface has an      
                                   average thickness not exceeding 375  
                                   micrometers (0.015 inch).            
                                  4. In olefin copolymers complying with
                                   Sec.  177.1520(c) of this chapter,   
                                   items 3.1a or 3.2a, and containing   
                                   not less than 85 percent by weight of
                                   polymer units derived from propylene,
                                   in contact with food of types III, IV-
                                   A, V, VII-A, and IX, and under:      
                                  (a) Conditions of use C through G,    
                                   described in Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  
                                   176.170(c) of this chapter, limited  
                                   to levels no greater than 0.2 percent
                                   by weight of the copolymers; or      
                                  (b) Conditions of use A, B, and H,    
                                   limited to levels no greater than 0.1
                                   percent by weight of the olefin      
                                   copolymers; provided that the food-  
                                   contact surface has an average       
                                   thickness not exceeding 375          
                                   micrometers (0.015 inch).            
                                  5. In olefin polymers complying with  
                                   Sec.  177.1520(c) of this chapter,   
                                   items 1.2 or 1.3 in contact with food
                                   of types III, IV-A, V, VII-A, and IX,
                                   under conditions of use A through H, 
                                   described in Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  
                                   176.170(c) of this chapter at levels 
                                   not to exceed 0.1 percent by weight  
                                   of the polymers; provided that the   
                                   food-contact surface has an average  
                                   thickness not exceeding 375          
                                   micrometers (0.015 inch).            
                                  6. In polyethylene complying with Sec.
                                    177.1520(c) of this chapter, items  
                                   2.1 or 2.2, having a density of not  
                                   less than 0.94, in contact with food 
                                   of types III, IV-A, V, VII-A, and IX,
                                   and under:                           
                                  (a) Conditions of use B through H,    
                                   described in Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  
                                   176.170(c) of this chapter limited to
                                   levels not to exceed 0.2 percent by  
                                   weight of the polymers; or           
                                  (b) Condition of use A, described in  
                                   Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  176.170(c) of
                                   this chapter, limited to levels not  
                                   to exceed 0.1 percent by weight of   
                                   the polymer; provided that the food- 
                                   contact surface has an average       
                                   thickness not exceeding 125          
                                   micrometers (0.005 inch).            
                                  7. In olefin copolymers complying with
                                   Sec.  177.1520(c) of this chapter,   
                                   items 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.2a, or 3.2b,     
                                   containing not less than 85 percent  
                                   by weight of polymer units derived   
                                   from ethylene and having a density of
                                   not less than 0.94, in contact with  
                                   food of types III, IV-A, V, VII-A,   
                                   and IX, and under:                   
                                  (a) Conditions of use C through G,    
                                   described in Tables 1 and 2 of Sec.  
                                   176.170(c) of this chapter limited to
                                   levels not to exceed 0.2 percent by  
                                   weight of the copolymers; or         
                                  (b) Conditions of use A, B, and H,    
                                   limited to levels not to exceed 0.1  
                                   percent by weight of the copolymers; 
                                   provided that the food-contact       
                                   surface has an average thickness not 
                                   exceeding 125 micrometers (0.005     
                                   inch).                               
                                  8. In olefin polymers complying with  
                                   Sec.  177.1520(c) of this chapter,   
                                   items 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.2a, or 3.2b      
                                   containing not less than 85 percent  
                                   by weight of polymer units derived   
                                   from ethylene, in contact with food  
                                   of types III, IV-A, V, VII-A, and IX,
                                   under conditions of use A through H, 
                                   as described in Tables 1 and 2 of    
                                   Sec.  176.170(c) of this chapter at  
                                   levels not to exceed 0.1 percent by  
                                   weight of the copolymer; provided    
                                   that the * * *                       
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