99-10918. Life Technologies, Inc.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23337-23338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10918]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-1074]


Life Technologies, 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 Life 
Technologies, Inc. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
quaternary amine cellulose ion exchange resins in the isolation and 
purification of protein

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concentrates and isolates from aqueous process streams for food 
processing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha D. Peiperl, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3077.

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 9A4659) has been filed by Life Technologies, 
Inc., 9800 Medical Center Dr., Rockville, MD 20850-3321. 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 
quaternary amine cellulose ion exchange resins in the isolation and 
purification of protein concentrates and isolates from aqueous process 
streams for food processing.
    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: April 19, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-10918 Filed 4-29-99; 8:45 am]
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