BASF Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use); Methyl Esters of Conjugated Linoleic Acid; Silicon Dioxide

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that BASF Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of methyl esters of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) as a source of fatty acids in lactating dairy cow diets and for use of silicon dioxide as a carrier for the methyl esters of CLA.