{"abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Food Safety, the Breast Cancer Fund, the Center for Environmental Health, Clean Water Action, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children's Environmental Health Network, Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids' Environment, proposing that we amend our food additive regulation to no longer provide for the use of three specific perfluoroalkyl ethyl containing food-contact substances (FCSs) as oil and water repellants for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.","action":"Notice of petition.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/03/16/2015-05938.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":176,"title":21}],"citation":"80 FR 13508","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The food additive petition was filed on January 7, 2015.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FDA-2015-F-0714"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2015-05938","effective_on":null,"end_page":13508,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2015/03/16/2015-05938.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/03/16/2015-05938/natural-resources-defense-council-et-al-filing-of-food-additive-petition","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2015-05938?publication_date=2015-03-16","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2015-03-16/2015-05938/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":1443,"last_updated":"2026-10-22 18:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-03-16/pdf/2015-05938.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-05938.pdf?1426250799","publication_date":"2015-03-16","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/03/16/2015-05938.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Reference 5 FDA Memorandum from J. Cooper to P. Honigfort, July 23, 2015 re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0017"},{"title":"Reference 4 FDA Memorandum from P. Rice to P. Honigfort, July 27, 2015 re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0016"},{"title":"Reference 3 FDA Memorandum from P. Rice to P. Honigfort, September 30, 2010 re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0015"},{"title":"Reference 2 International Agency for Research on Cancer,\nhttp://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol81/mono81-8.pdf re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0014"},{"title":"Reference 1 Rice, P.A. “C6-Perfluorinated Compounds: The New Greaseproofing Agents in Food Packaging,” Current Environmental Health Reports, 2:33-40, 2015. re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0013"},{"title":"Memorandum 1 FDA Categorical Exclusion Review Memorandum from T. Lindheimer to P. Honigfort, July 24, 2015  re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0012"},{"title":"Reference List  re Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0011"},{"title":"Attachment 1 Survey of Fluoropolymers Division Members from Various Industries re: Comment from Members of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc (Keller and Heckman LLP)","document_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714-0009"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FDA-2015-F-0714","supporting_documents_count":8,"docket_id":"FDA-2015-F-0714","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Natural Resources Defense Council et al.; Filing of Food Additive Petition","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2015-04-05T06:00:10Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":13508,"subtype":null,"title":"Natural Resources Defense Council et al.; Filing of Food Additive Petition","toc_doc":"Natural Resources Defense Council, et al.","toc_subject":"Food Additive Petitions:","topics":[],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":80}