[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6571-6572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3205]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0054]
Sequa Chemicals, Inc.; 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
Sequa Chemicals, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of
octadecanoic acid, reaction products with 2-[(2-
aminoethyl)amino]ethanol and urea, and the acetate salts thereof, which
may be emulsified with ethoxylated tallow alkyl amines, for use in the
manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with
dry 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 (sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a food
additive petition (FAP 8B4576) has been filed by Sequa Chemicals, Inc.,
c/o Keller and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC
20001. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in
Sec. 176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry
food (21 CFR 176.180) to provide for the safe use of octadecanoic acid,
reaction products with 2-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]ethanol and urea, and the
acetate salts thereof, which may be emulsified with ethoxylated tallow
alkyl amines, for increasing opacity and thickness, employed prior to
the sheetforming operation in the manufacture of paper and paperboard
intended for use in contact with dry food.
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.
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Dated: January 22, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-3205 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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