[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28290]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 178
[Docket No. 93F-0101]
Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and
Sanitizers; Technical Amendment
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food
additive regulations to correct an error in the Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) registry number for a component of a food additive. This
document corrects that error.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Bryce, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of August 21, 1995
(60 FR 43370), the agency amended the food additive regulations to
provide for the safe use of monomethyltin/dimethyltin
isooctylmercaptoacetates as a stabilizer in rigid polyvinyl chloride
and rigid vinyl chloride copolymers for use in contact with food. The
CAS registry number for dimethyltin bis(2-ethylhexylmercaptoacetate was
incorrectly published as ``(CAS Reg. No. 57583-35-43)'' instead of
``(CAS Reg. No. 57583-35-4)''. Accordingly, the agency is amending 21
CFR 178.2010 to correct the error.
Publication of this document constitutes final action on this
change under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). Notice
and public comment are unnecessary because FDA is merely correcting a
nonsubstantive error.
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 178
Food additives, Food packaging.
Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and
redelegated to the Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, 21 CFR part 178 is amended as follows:
PART 178--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND
SANITIZERS
1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 178 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Secs. 201, 402, 409, 721 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 379e).
Sec. 178.2010 [Amended]
2. Section 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers is
amended in the table in paragraph (b) under the heading ``Substances''
in the entry for ``Dimethyltin/monomethyltin isooctylmercaptoacetates''
by removing ``CAS Reg. No. 57583-35-43'' and adding in its place ``CAS
Reg. No. 57583-35-4''.
Dated: October 16, 1996.
Fred R. Shank,
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-28290 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-01-F
