[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1523]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0052]
Bayer Corp.; 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
Bayer Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of completely
hydrolyzed tetrapolymer of divinyl benzene, ethyl vinyl benzene,
acrylonitrile, and 1,7-octadiene for use in treating aqueous sugar
solutions and beverage water.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paulette M. Gaynor, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3079.
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 9A4640) has been filed by Bayer Corp., c/o
ENVIRON Corp., 4350 North Fairfax Dr., suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203.
The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in
Sec. 173.25 Ion-exchange resins (21 CFR 173.25) to provide for the safe
use of completely hydrolyzed tetrapolymer of divinyl benzene, ethyl
vinyl benzene, acrylonitrile, and 1,7-octadiene for use in treating
aqueous sugar solutions and beverage water.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) 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: December 28, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-1523 Filed 1-22-99; 8:45 am]
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