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Regulated Food and Feed Products for Great Britain

petroleum hydrocarbon resins (hydrogenated)

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Product details

FCM substance No.
97
EEC packaging material reference No.
72081/10
CAS No.
Substance name
petroleum hydrocarbon resins (hydrogenated)
Use as additive or polymer production aid (yes/no)
yes
Use as monomer or other starting substance or macromolecule obtained from microbial fermentation (yes/no)
no
FRF applicable (yes/no)
no

Status

Status
Authorised
Applies in
England, Scotland, Wales
Status change date
The date the status was last changed.

Terms of authorisation

Specific migration limit [mg/kg]
not specified
Restrictions and specifications
Petroleum hydrocarbon resins, hydrogenated are produced by the catalytic or thermalpolymerisation of dienes and olefins of the aliphatic, alicyclic and/or monobenzenoidarylalkene types from distillates of cracked petroleum stocks with a boiling range not greater than 220 °C, as well as the pure monomers found in these distillation streams, subsequently followed by distillation, hydrogenation and additional processing. Properties: Viscosity at 120 °C: > 3 Pa.s, Softening point: > 95 °C as determined by ASTM Method E 28-67, Bromine number: < 40 (ASTM D1159), The colour of a 50 % solution in toluene < 11 on the Gardner scale, Residual aromatic monomer ≤ 50 ppm,
Notes on verification of compliance
not specified

Updates

Last updated
The date the item authorisation was last updated.