[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16834]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2081]
Troy 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 Troy
Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations
be amended to provide for the safe use of butanedioic acid, sulfo-1,4-
diisodecyl ester, ammonium salt as a surface active agent in pressure
sensitive adhesives.
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 9B4678) has been filed by Troy Corp., c/o S. L.
Graham & Associates, 1801 Peachtree Lane, Bowie, MD 20721. The petition
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.125
Pressure-sensitive adhesives (21 CFR 175.125) to provide for the safe
use of butanedioic acid, sulfo-1,4-diisodecyl ester, ammonium salt as a
surface active agent in pressure sensitive adhesives.
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: June 17, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-16834 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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