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.#* United States Department of Agriculture.^ Food Safety and Quality Service Washington, D.C. 20250 OCT 1 2 1980 Mr. W. C. Bachtel The BFGoodrich Company 500 South Main Street Akron, OH 44318 De ar Mr. Bach tel: Thank you for your September 2 letter about a rigid injection molding compound. Your (SON 87241 Black 288 is chemically acceptable as a component of equipment in incidental contact with meat or poultry food product prepared under Federal inspection. This acceptance is valid so long as the composition and use of the substance remain as described to us. This letter does not constitute acceptance for materials made wholly or partly from substances accepted herein. No endorsement of the substance or of any concomitant claims is intended. Sincerely, Donald D. Derr, Chief Product Safety Branch Food Ingredient Assessment Division Science ^ / /4ifJ Q it -' i p. Cw r Sv/ 7 * V KP rr: The BFGoodrlch Company 500 South Main Street Akron. Ohio 44318 Addreu Reply To. Dept. 0021 Bids- 5-H September 2, 1980 t* Mr. Donald D. Derr j Chief, Product Safety Branch Food Ingredient Assessment Division Science, FSQS United States Dept, of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 Dear Mr* Derr: The Toledo Scale Company wishes to use Geon 87241 Black 288, a rigid injection molding compound, for use as a scale hous ing. Under ordinary circumstances, food would not come into contact with the PVC compound. The confidential composition of Geon 87241 Black 288 is attached. The stabilizer, although not cleared by the FDA for food contact applications, is certified by the National Sanitation Foundation for use in potable water applications. This, then, is a request for USDA acceptance of Geon 87241 Black 288 as a scale housing where food contact would be incidental at most. mk Attach. bee. C. S. Scenbolo*. eov.r Utt#r mly / / tv!5 C u h* CoO o iN3 T The BFGoodrlch Company 500 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44318 Address Reply To: Dept. 0021 Bidg. 5-H September 2, 1980 Mr. Donald D. Derr Chief, Product Safety Branch Food Ingredient Assessment Division Science, FSQS United States Dept, of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 Dear Mr. Derr: The Toledo Scale Company wishes to use Geon 87241 Black 288, a rigid injection molding compound, for use as a scale hous ing. Under ordinary circumstances, food would not come into contact with the PVC compound. The confidential composition of Geon 87241 Black 288 is attached. The stabilizer, although not cleared by the FDA for food contact applications, is certified by the National Sanitation Foundation for use in potable water applications. This, then, is a request for USDA acceptance of Geon 87241 Black 288 as a scale housing where food contact would be incidental at most. W. C. Bachtel Toxicologist mk Attach. beci C. S. Stamboloa- cover letter only N W' L0 h* CD COO i in CONFIDENTIAL COMPOSITION OF BFGOODRICH GEON 87241 BLACK 288 *! INGREDIENT WEIGHT PERCENT FDA CLEARANCE Polyvinyl Chloride Acrylonitrile-butadienestyrene copolymer Styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer Dimethyl tin bis isoctyl thioglycolate 77.2 11.58 2.32 1.54 Carbon black (furnace) Mineral Oil Calcium Stearate Calcium Carbonate 0.39 1.54 1.54' 3.86 prior sanction prior sanction prior sanction % None - NSF acceptable for potabl$ water pipe 177.2600 177.2600 178.2010 GRAS . W. C. Bachtel W O 318004 r* ilFGoodrich ' *&- g - --A^' INTER-ORGANIZATION CORRESPONDENCE TO w. c. Bachtel FIELD POINT OR DEPT, ft BLDG. NO. Akron/5H/0021 FROM FIELD POINT OR DEPT, ft BLDG. NO. c. S. Stambolos Cleveland/5401 SUBJECT GEON 87241 SUITABILITY FOR USDA DATE YOUR LETTER DATE THIS LETTER 7/23/80-083 %k^ $- Wally, we have a potential customer, Toledo Scale, who is considering using our 87241 Black 288 rigid PVC custom injection molding compound. The application is a scale housing. Food would not ordinarily come in contact with the PVC, but the customer says the compound requires a "USDA Incidental Food Contact" status. The recipe is as follows: phr 110x346 820x13 _ - 2301x36 F-21 S-86 B-2 L-16 L-3 PVC Homopolymer Resin ABS Resin- . .. Goodrite Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Methyl Tin Stabilizer Carbon Black Mineral Oil Calcium Stearate 100.0 - 77. 15.0 /t.Si 3.0 5.0 2.0 2,3* 3, io /,W 0.5 2.0 3? , /'* V 2.0 1., S*r 129.5 I Would this compound fulfill such a USDA status? What would have to be done by us or the customer to get or acknowledge such a status? Thank you. CSS/cam cc: M. M. Gaudio JAB/Customer File Day File ..S'? S- C./S. Stambolos 7-1- 1 y-` - t. Sc i * <rsU k BFG-4956-D 2/77 I T HO USA N U K* (3 GJ