[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44463-44464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22265]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0674]
Dover 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
Dover Chemical Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food
additive regulations be amended to expand the safe use of 3,9-bis[2,4-
bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenoxy]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxa-3,9-
diphosphaspiro[5.5]undecane, which may contain not more than 2 percent
by weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer
for olefin polymers intended to contact food.
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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 8B4613) has been filed by Dover Chemical Corp.,
3676 Davis Rd. NW., P.O. Box 40, Dover, OH 44622. The petition proposes
to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants
and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to expand the safe
use of 3,9-bis[2,4-bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenoxy]-2,4,8,10-
tetraoxa-3,9-diphosphaspiro[5.5]undecane, which may contain not more
than 2 percent by weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/
or stabilizer in olefin polymers.
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: July 28, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-22265 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]
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