RadTech Announces Food Contact Notification 772 Receives FDA Approval

The RadTech Food Contact Notification Alliance is pleased to announce that Food Contact Notification (FCN) 772 received FDA approval on March 7, 2008, covering a range of workhorse acrylates and an optional photoinitiator. Specifically, FCN 772 clears for direct food contact any mixture of one or more of tripropylene glycol diacrylate (TPGDA), trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), trimethylolpropane ethoxylate triacrylate (TMPEOTA), and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether diacrylate and optionally, Esacure One photoinitiator, cured by either ultraviolet (UV) or electron beam (EB) irradiation. Moreover, the applied formulations may include any combination with other reactants, polymers, additives, pigments, etc. already permitted for the intended use under 21 CFR.