[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR171.8]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 171_FOOD ADDITIVE PETITIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  171.8  Threshold of regulation for substances used in food-contact

articles.

    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 Sec.  
170.39 of this chapter. The Food and Drug Administration will exempt 
substances whose uses it determines meet the criteria in Sec.  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]