[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 33306] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-15797] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 99F-1879] BetzDearborn; Filing of Food Additive Petition
Agency
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
Action
Notice.
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Summary
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that BetzDearborn has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to expand the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3- propanediol as an antimicrobial for use in food-contact paper and paperboard.
For Further Information Contact
Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.
Supplementary Information
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a food additive petition (FAP 9B4671) has been filed by BetzDearborn, 4636 Somerton Rd., Trevose, PA 19053. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to expand the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol as an antimicrobial for use in food-contact paper and paperboard. The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) that this action is of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.
Dated: June 7, 1999. Laura M. Tarantino, Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. [FR Doc. 99-15797 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-F