ABSTRACT
Acrylonitrile copolymers may be safely used on an interim basis as articles or components of articles intended for use in contact with food, in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) Limitations for acrylonitrile monomer extraction for finished food-contact articles, determined by a method of analysis titled ``Gas-Solid Chromatographic Procedure for determining Acrylonitrile Monomer in AcrylonitrileContaining Polymers and Food Simulating Solvents,’’ which is incorporated by reference. Copies are available from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-200), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, or available for inspection at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC 20408, are as follows:
(1) In the case of single-use articles having a volume to surface ratio of 10 milliliters or more per square inch of food contact surface-0.003 milligram/square inch when extracted to equilibrium at 120 °F with food-simulating solvents appropriate to the intended conditions of use.
