[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3791-3792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1853]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 101
[Docket No. 95P-0337]
Food Labeling: Saccharin and Its Salts; Retail Establishment
Notice
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revoking the food
labeling regulation that prescribes conditions for the display by a
retail establishment of a notice concerning the sale of products
containing saccharin and its salts. This action is being taken in
response to an act to repeal the saccharin notice requirement and a
citizen petition submitted by the Calorie Control Council. This action
is intended to reduce the burden on small businesses.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 27, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerad L. McCowin, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-151), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-4561.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of September 27,
1996 (61 FR 50770), FDA published a proposal to amend its food labeling
regulations by revoking Sec. 101.11 Saccharin and its salts; retail
establishment notice (21 CFR 101.11). The agency had issued this
proposal partly in response to enactment on April 1, 1996, of Pub. L.
104-124, which amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the
act) by repealing section 403(p) (21 U.S.C. 343(p)), and partly in
response to a citizen petition that it received on October 11, 1995,
from the Calorie Control Council requesting that the agency revoke this
provision. No comments were received in response to the proposal.
Having received no comments, FDA concludes that, for the reasons
set forth in the proposal, it is appropriate to amend its food labeling
regulations by revoking Sec. 101.11. In view of the revocation of
section 403(p) of the act by Pub. L. 104-124 and the fact that section
403(o) of the act requires that all food products containing saccharin
include on their labeling a warning statement (see Statement of final
guidelines for labeling of food products containing saccharin (42 FR
62209, December 9, 1977)), the agency finds that Sec. 101.11 is no
longer necessary. This action is also consistent with the
Administration's ``Reinventing Government'' initiative which seeks to
ease burdens on regulated industry and consumers.
FDA has determined that this final rule is not a significant
regulatory action for the purposes of Executive Order 12866. This final
rule is expected to reduce the burden on small businesses. Therefore,
the agency certifies that this final rule will not have a significant
adverse impact on a substantial number of small entities within the
meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612).
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.24(a)(11) 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
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nor an environmental impact statement is required.
This final rule contains no information collection requirements
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 101
Food labeling, Nutrition, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part
101 is amended as follows:
PART 101--FOOD LABELING
1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 101 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Secs. 4, 5, 6 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
(15 U.S.C. 1453, 1454, 1455); secs. 201, 301, 402, 403, 409, 701 of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 342,
343, 348, 371).
Sec. 101.11 [Removed]
2. Section 101.11 Saccharin and its salts; retail establishment
notice is removed from subpart A.
Dated: January 17, 1997.
William K. Hubbard,
Associate Commissioner for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-1853 Filed 1-24-97; 8:45 am]
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