Indirect Food Additives: Adhesives and Components of Coatings

الملخص

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of meta- tetramethylxylene diisocyanate for reaction with one or more of the polyols and polyesters listed in the adhesive regulations and with dimethylolpropionic acid and trimethylamine, N-methyldiethanolamine, 2- dimethylaminoethanol, 2-dimethylamino-2-methyl-1-propanol, and/or 2- amino-2-methyl-1-propanol in the production of polyurethane resins intended for use as components of adhesive formulations used in food packaging applications. This action is in response to a petition filed by Cytec Industries. DATES: Effective March 12, 1996; written objections and requests for a hearing by April 11, 1996.