United States
In the US, substances that may migrate into food from packaging, processing equipment or utensils are regulated by the FDA as food contact substances — treated as indirect food additives rather than as articles. Clearance normally comes through a Food Contact Notification, a prior sanction, a regulation, or a determination that the substance is generally recognised as safe. For manufacturers the practical consequence is that a component's compliance depends on its use conditions, including temperature and food type, not on the material alone.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is proposing to require the submission of generally recognized as safe (GRAS) notices for the use of a human or animal food substance purported to be GRAS under the conditions of its intended use under the Federal…
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notice titled "Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT); Request for Information," which published in the Federal Register of May 13, 2026.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is requesting information on the current uses and safety data of azodicarbonamide (ADA) in human food and as a food contact substance.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is requesting information on the current uses and safety data for butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) in human food and as a food contact substance.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is requesting information on the current uses and safety data of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) in human food and as a food contact substance.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing its determination that the Food Contact Notifications (FCNs) listed in this notice are no longer effective.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) received objections and requests for a public hearing submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund, Learning Disabilities Association of America, Center for Food Safety, Center for Environmental Health, Center for…
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Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending its regulations relating to the procedures for determining that a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN) is no longer effective.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Read originalThe Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is amending its regulations pertaining to the production of wine to add to the list of materials and processes authorized for the treatment of wine and of the juice from which wine is made, and to expand the…
Treasury Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of 25 plasticizers in various food contact applications because these uses have been abandoned.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is denying a food additive petition (FAP 6B4815) submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., requesting that we amend or revoke specified regulations to no longer provide for the food contact use of 28…
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is proposing to amend its regulations relating to the procedures by which we determine that a premarket notification for a food contact substance (FCN) is no longer effective.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Preparation of Food Contact Notifications for Food Contact Substances in Contact with Infant Formula and/or Human Milk." This guidance is…
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of information collections that have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThis regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of tin oxide (CAS Reg. No. 18282-10-5) when used as an inert ingredient (seed treatment colorant) not to exceed 40% by weight in pesticide formulations applied to…
Environmental Protection Agency·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is partially granting a petition submitted by the Breast Cancer Fund (now known as the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners), Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science in…
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
Read originalThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency.
Health and Human Services Department·via Federal Register
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