99-13007. Milliken & Co.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28000-28001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13007]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-1419]


Milliken & Co.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.


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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Milliken & Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of silver sodium 
hydrogen zirconium phosphate as an antimicrobial additive for polymers 
intended to contact food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.

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 9B4662) has been filed by Milliken & Co., c/o 
Keller and Heckman, LLP, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 
20001. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in 
21 CFR part 178--Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, 
and Sanitizers to provide for the safe use of silver sodium hydrogen 
zirconium phosphate as an antimicrobial additive for polymers intended 
to contact 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.

    Dated: May 7, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-13007 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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