[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49414-49415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23596]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 95F-0255]
GE Silicones; 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 GE
Silicones has filed a petition proposing that the food additive
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of vinyl-containing
siloxanes as a coating on paper and paperboard in contact with food and
to provide for the safe use of 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol as an optional
inhibitor for the additive. It is also proposed that the regulations be
amended to increase the level of platinum catalyst used in the
manufacture of vinyl-containing siloxanes to 200 parts per million
(ppm).
DATES: Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment by
October 25, 1995
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm. 1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr.,
Rockville, MD 20857.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), 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
petition (FAP 5B4475) has been filed by GE Silicones, c/o 700 13th St.,
NW., Washington, DC 20005. The petition proposes to amend the food
additive regulations in 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 vinyl-containing siloxanes as a component of coatings
for paper and paperboard in contact with food and to provide for the
safe use of 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol as an optional inhibitor for the
additive. It is also proposed that the regulations be amended to
increase the level of platinum catalyst used in the manufacture of
vinyl-containing siloxane to 200 ppm.
The potential environmental impact of this action is being
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations
promulgated under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4
(b)), the agency is placing the environmental assessment submitted with
the petition that is the subject of this notice on
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public display at the Dockets Management Branch (address above) for
public review and comment. Interested persons may, on or before (insert
date 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register), submit
to the Dockets Management Branch (address above) written comments. Two
copies of any comments are to be submitted, except that individuals may
submit one copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number
found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments
may be seen in the office above between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday. FDA will also place on public display any amendments
to, or comments on, the petitioner's environmental assessment without
further announcement in the Federal Register. If based on its review,
the agency finds that an
environmental impact statement is not required and this petition
results in a regulation, the notice of availability of the agency's
finding of no significant impact and evidence supporting that finding
will be published with the regulation in the Federal Register in
accordance with 21 CFR 25.40(c).
Dated: September 13, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-23596 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]
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