Evonik Corporation, Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)
Key claim: FDA has filed a petition from Evonik Corporation to amend food-additive regulations to permit ethyl cellulose as a binder and coating on amino acids in ruminant animal feed.
Abstract
(Proposed Rule · Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a food additive petition, submitted by Evonik Corporation, proposing that we amend our food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethyl cellulose as a binder and coating on amino acids incorporated into food for ruminant animals.
Why this matters
FDA has filed a petition from Evonik Corporation to amend food-additive regulations to permit ethyl cellulose as a binder and coating on amino acids in ruminant animal feed.