[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62062-62063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30484]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food And Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97F-0469]
General Electric Co.; 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
General Electric Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food
additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of
phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-
butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by weight of
triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in high
density polyethylene and high density olefin copolymers intended for
use in contact with food.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act
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(sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a food
additive petition (FAP 8B4567) has been filed by General Electric Co.,
One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620-9364. The petition proposes to
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/
or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the
expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol,
2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by
weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in
high density polyethylene and high density olefin copolymers intended
for use in contact with food.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) that this action is
of the 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: November 3, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-30484 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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