In the March 16, 2015, Federal Register, FDA announced the filing of two food additive petitions, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Food Safety, Clean Water Action, Children's Environmental Health Network, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids' Environment. The first Federal Register notice, filed on December 31, 2014, proposed that FDA amend its regulation to (i) no longer provide for the use of potassium perchlorate as an additive in closure-sealing gaskets for food containers; (ii) revoke the exemption for use of sodium perchlorate monohydrate as a conductivity enhancer in antistatic agents for use in finished articles in contact with dry foods, and (iii) issue a new regulation to prohibit the use of perchlorate in antistatic agents for use in food-contact articles. FDA is seeking comments on the first petition. The second Federal Register notice, filed on January 7, 2015, proposed that the Agency amend its regulations to no longer provide for the use of three specific perfluoroalkyl ethyl-containing food contact substances as oil and water repellants for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods. Comments on the first petition are due May 15, 2015.
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