BASF Heliogen® Green K 9360 pigment receives FDA approval

First pigment with this Colour Index number (Pigment Green 36) to be approved by the FDA

20-Oct-2004

The United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to BASF for its phthalocyanine pigment Heliogen® Green K 9360 under the Food Contact Notification (FCN) program on October 2, 2004. BASF is the only supplier of a pigment with this Colour Index number (Pigment Green 36) to have been granted approval. The pigment is approved for use as a food-contact substance in all types of polymers. The colored polymers may be used according to the conditions of use C-G, table 2 of 21 CFR 176.170(c) and not to exceed temperatures of 70C. Users are subject to the provisions of 21 CFR 178.3297.

Heliogen® Green K 9360 is a phthalocyanine pigment that can be used to color all types of plastics. It has excellent heat resistance, light fastness and weathering resistance, and it is very easy to process. Heliogen® Green K 9360 can be used to color plastics to very yellowish, brilliant shades with very high color strength.

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