Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

概要

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene-octene copolymers, ethylene-octene-hexene copolymers, ethylene-octene-butene copolymers, ethylene-octene-propylene copolymers, and ethylene-octene- 4-methylpentene-1 copolymers, which contain not less than 80 weight percent of polymer units derived from ethylene, as articles or components of articles for use in contact with food. This action is in response to a petition filed by the Dow Chemical Co.