FDA Amends Food Additive Regulations to Allow Use of Aluminum Borate for Food Packaging

Summary

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating its regulations to allow the safe use of aluminum borate as an antistatic agent and/or antifogging agent for packaging materials that come into contact with food, following a petition from Shikoku Chemical Corp. The FDA is amending its food additive regulations to permit the use of aluminum borate for olefin polymers intended for food packaging, in response to a petition filed by Shikoku Chemical Corp.