United States:
FDA Files Food Additive Petition - June 30, 2016
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In the June 30, 2016, Federal Register, the FDA
announced that it filed a petition submitted by Keller and Heckman
LLP on behalf of the Society of the Plastics Industry
("SPI"). The petition proposes to amend the food additive
regulations to no longer provide for the use of potassium
perchlorate as an additive in closure sealing gaskets for food
containers. SPI asserts in its petition that regulation is no
longer authorized because the use has been intentionally and
permanently abandoned. Comments are due August 29,
2016.
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