98-25638. EM Industries, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petition

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25638]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98C-0790]


EM Industries, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that EM 
Industries, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the color 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
synthetic iron oxide and mica to color food and to provide for the safe 
use of titanium dioxide to color food at levels higher than the current 
limit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Aydin Orstan, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3076.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 721(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1))), notice is given that a 
color additive petition (CAP 8C0262) has been filed by EM Industries, 
Inc., 7 Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, NY 10532. The petition proposes to 
amend the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 
synthetic iron oxide and mica to color food and to provide for the safe 
use of titanium dioxide to color food at levels higher than the current 
limit.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(r) 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: September 4, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-25638 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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