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November 23, 2018
By: Kerry Pianoforte
Editor, Coatings World
ANGUS Chemical Company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an expanded Food Contact Substance Notification (FCN) for the Company’s flagship AMP multifunctional additive (1-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, CAS. Reg. No. 124-68-5). The expanded FCN approval covers the use of AMP as a dispersant for mineral pigment suspensions used as a component of fillers and coatings for paper and paperboard. “For more than 40 years, the use of our AMP amino alcohol has been proven safe and effective in a wide variety of regulated and industrial applications,” said Dr. Pam Spencer, senior director, Regulatory, Product Stewardship and Quality at ANGUS. “This expanded food contact approval by the FDA further strengthens the position of our AMP multifunctional additive as a formulating tool of choice for applications where safety and performance are critical, especially at high cooking temperatures.” ANGUS’ AMP multifunctional additive provides exceptional performance as a dispersant for natural clays, titanium dioxide and calcium carbonate pigments widely used in paper and paperboard packaging applications. The unique chemistry of AMP provides superior wetting and pigment stabilization allowing formulators to potentially eliminate the use of other surfactants and dispersants while increasing pigment loading and improving the properties of the final paper packaging. The most recent FCN approval (001917) specifies that AMP can be used as a component of:
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