[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 45943-45944] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-23106] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration 21 CFR Part 74 [Docket No. 95C-0399] Listing of Color Additives for Coloring Sutures; D&C Violet No. 2; Confirmation of Effective Date
Agency
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
Action
Final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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Summary
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the effective date of May 27, 1998, for the final rule that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of D&C Violet No. 2 as a color additive in glycolide/dioxanone/trimethylene carbonate tripolymer absorbable sutures for general surgery.
Dates
Effective date confirmed: May 27, 1998.
For Further Information Contact
Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.
Supplementary Information
In the Federal Register of April 23, 1998 (63 FR 20096), FDA amended the color additive regulations in Sec. 74.3602 D&C Violet No. 2 (21 CFR 74.3602) to provide for the safe use of D&C Violet No. 2 as a color additive in glycolide/dioxanone/
trimethylene carbonate tripolymer absorbable sutures for general surgery. FDA gave interested persons until May 26, 1998, to file objections or requests for a hearing. The agency received no objections or requests for a hearing on the final rule. Therefore, FDA finds that the effective date of the final rule that published in the Federal Register of April 23, 1998, should be confirmed.
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 74
Color additives, Cosmetics, Drugs. Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 343, 348, 351, 352, 355, 361, 362, 371, 379e) and under authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (21 CFR 5.10), notice is given that no objections or requests for a hearing were filed in response to the April 23, 1998, final rule. Accordingly, the amendments issued thereby became effective May 27, 1998.
Dated: August 13, 1998. William K. Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for Policy Coordination. [FR Doc. 98-23106 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-F