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NIOSH Seeks Comments on Draft Exposure Limits for Diacetyl

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a request for
comments on Chapter 6 and a new section of Chapter 8 of its draft document,
“Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl
and 2,3-pentanedione.” Details about diacetyl, a butter-flavoring chemical
used in baked goods and microwave popcorn, and pentanedione, a flavoring
agent, appear in Issue 403 of this Update. Comments will be accepted until
February 10, 2014. See Federal Register, December 26, 2013.

 

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