21 CFR § 174.6 Indirect Food Additives: General

§ 174.6 Threshold of regulation for substances used in food-contact articles.

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Substances used in food-contact articles (e.g., food-packaging or food-processing equipment) that migrate, or that may be expected to migrate, into food at negligible levels may be reviewed under § 170.39 of this chapter. The Food and Drug Administration will exempt substances whose uses it determines meet the criteria in § 170.39 of this chapter from regulation as food additives and, therefore, a food additive petition will not be required for the exempted use.

[60 FR 36596, July 17, 1995]

← § 174.5 General provisions applicable to indirect food additives.