Business · 03/02/1997

FDA Announces Filing of Petition by Ashland Chemical Co. to Amend Food Additive Regulations

The FDA is announcing that Ashland Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing to amend food additive regulations to allow the safe use of polypropylene glycol with a molecular weight of 1,200 to 3,000 as a defoaming agent in water for sliced potatoes. The FDA will review the petition and consider its proposal.