Substances used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard products used in food packaging shall include:

Aliphatic polyoxyethylene ethers.*

*Under the conditions of normal use, these substances would not reasonably be expected to migrate to food, based on available scientific information and data.

1-Alkyl (C6-C18)3-amino-3-aminopropane monoacetate.*

Borax or boric acid for use in adhesives, sizes, and coatings.*

Butadiene-styrene copolymer.

Chromium complex of perfluoro-octane sulfonyl glycine for use on paper and paperboard which is waxed.*

Disodium cyanodithioimidocarbamate with ethylene diamine and potassium N-methyl dithiocarbamate and/or sodium 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (slimicides).*

Ethyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate copolymers of itaconic acid or methacrylic acid for use only on paper and paperboard which is waxed.*

Hexamethylene tetramine as a setting agent for protein, including casein.*

1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-(4-chlorobutyl)-2-alkyl (C6-C17) imidazolinium chloride.*

Itaconic acid (polymerized).

Melamine formaldehyde polymer.

Methyl acrylate (polymerized).

Methyl ethers of mono-, di-, and tripropylene glycol.*

Myristo chromic chloride complex.

Nitrocellulose.

Polyethylene glycol 400.

Polyvinyl acetate.

Potassium pentachlorophenate as a slime control agent.*

Potassium trichlorophenate as a slime control agent.*

Resins from high and low viscosity polyvinyl alcohol for fatty foods only.

Rubber hydrochloride.

Sodium pentachlorophenate as a slime control agent.*

Sodium-trichlorophenate as a slime control agent.*

Stearato-chromic chloride complex.

Titanium dioxide.*

Urea formaldehyde polymer.

Vinylidine chlorides (polymerized).


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