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>** UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY Chemical Dlviaion Naugatuck, Connecticut Commercial Devel pgoyt Dept. March X7, 1965 STATUS OF MARVINOlS'RESINS UNDER THE FOOD ADDITIVES LAV/ Polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, and polyvinyl chlorideacetate copolymers are generally acceptable to FDA for food con tact uses. In addition, specific approvals have been granted for packaging meat and poultry products. Both PVC and PVA have also been cleared under separate regulations for packaging uses such as polymeric coatings for containers and as 'components of paper and paperboard. In considering the suitability of a particular resin for food contact uses, it is necessary to consider all of the formu lation ingredients such as stabilizers, impurities, etc. which ) might extract into food under the proposed conditions of use. All extractible materials must be acceptable to FDA. When cust mers add stabilizers, plasticizers, or other compounding in gredients they must consider the total compound in light of its intended use with regard to possible extraction situations. URL-P 2789 : The following list of MARVINOU^ resins (revised 3-17-65) aye now acceptable for use in contact with food: v VR-10 VR-42 VR-12 VR-50 VR-22 VR-51 VR-23 VR-53 VR-24 VR-55 VR-24PL VR-56 VR-25 X-6085 VR-26 X-6212 . -f * VR-31 X-621S VR-33 X-6314 'Jil4:'? CELOGEN AZ^ (azodicarbonamide) and CELOGEN 0TR' are acceptable blowing agents for gaskets, FOLYGARD^ and FOLYGARD-HR are fully approved, as stabilizers for all food contact applications. v y .0C3> U MEINTT v.; -."R`^^PS^GEOD-PAURNSUATNTTtOo : ' j'l\ ' *, 1 ,, V*' n Manufacturers of plastic products which contact food should obtain the complete set of Food Additives Regulations from FDA to insure that the ingredients in their particular products comply with the law. These regulations are obtainable from the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. c ) 7r3 -o Nv>l O RJDtkla v A *'< . i '* . 'J