[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33488-33489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15877]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-1866]
Goldschmidt Chemical Corp.; 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
Goldschmidt Chemical Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of silicone
acrylate resins produced by addition of -hydroxyalkenes and/
or propenyloxy-2,3-dihydroxypropane, mono- or diester with acrylic
acid, acetic acid or other saturated monocarboxylic acid, to dimethyl
polysiloxane, methylhydrogen polysiloxane, or dimethyl-methylhydrogen
polysiloxane as
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coatings or components of coatings on polymers and on paper and
paperboard intended for contact with food. The following optional
adjuvants may also be required in the manufacture of silicone acrylate
resins: 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone and/or oligomeric 2-
hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]-1-propanone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.
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 9B4658) has been filed by Goldschmidt Chemical
Corp., 914 East Randolph Rd., Hopewell, VA 23860. The petition proposes
both to amend the food additive regulations in part 177 (21 CFR part
177) by adding a new section and to amend Sec. 176.170 Components of
paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR
176.170) to provide for the safe use of silicone acrylate resins
produced by addition of -hydroxyalkenes and/or propenyloxy-
2,3-dihydroxypropane, mono- or diester with acrylic acid, acetic acid
or other saturated monocarboxylic acid, to dimethyl polysiloxane,
methylhydrogen polysiloxane, or dimethyl-methylhydrogen polysiloxane as
coatings or components of coatings on polymers and on paper and
paperboard intended for contact with food. The following optional
adjuvants may also be required in the manufacture of silicone acrylate
resins: 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone and/or oligomeric 2-
hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]-1-propanone.
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: June 2, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-15877 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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