96-22693. GE Silicones; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Amendment
[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22693]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 95F-0255]
GE Silicones; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Amendment
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the filing
notice for a food additive petition filed by GE Silicones to indicate
that the petitioner also proposed that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of diallyl maleate as an optional
polymerization inhibitor and dimethyl(methyl hydrogen) polysiloxane as
a cross-linking agent for vinyl-containing siloxanes used in coatings
on paper and paperboard that contact food. The agency is also
clarifying that the petitioner proposed to expand the safe use of
vinyl-containing siloxanes in coatings that contact additional food
types and under additional conditions of use. The previous filing
notice stated that the petition proposed that the food additive
regulations be amended to list 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol as an optional
inhibitor for vinyl-containing siloxanes and to increase to 200 parts
per million (ppm) the level of platinum used in the manufacture of the
additive.
FOR 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: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of September 25, 1995 (60 FR 49414), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 5B4475) had been filed by GE Silicones,
c/o 700 13th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005, proposing 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, to provide for the safe
use of 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol as an optional inhibitor (more
accurately termed a polymerization inhibitor) for the additive, and to
increase the level of platinum catalyst used in the manufacture of the
additive to 200 ppm.
Upon further review of the petition, the agency notes that the
petitioner also requested the use of diallyl maleate as an optional
polymerization inhibitor and dimethyl(methylhydrogen) polysiloxane as a
cross-linking agent in the manufacture of vinyl-containing siloxanes.
In addition, the agency would like to clarify that the petitioner
proposed to expand the safe use of coatings with vinyl-containing
siloxanes for contact with additional food types and under additional
conditions of use. Therefore, FDA is amending the filing notice of
September 25, 1995, to state that the petitioner requested that the
food additive regulations be amended: (1) To provide for the safe use
of diallyl maleate and 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol as optional
polymerization inhibitors and dimethyl(methyl hydrogen) polysiloxane as
a cross-linking agent in the manufacture of vinyl-containing siloxanes
that are used in coatings for paper and paperboard that contact food;
(2) to increase the level of the platinum catalyst used in the
manufacture of vinyl-containingsiloxanes to 200 ppm; and (3) to expand
the safe use of coatings with vinyl-containing siloxanes for contact
with additional food types and under additional conditions of use.
Dated: August 5, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-22693 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 09/05/1996
- Department:
- Food and Drug Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- 96-22693
- Pages:
- 46814-46814 (1 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- Docket No. 95F-0255
- PDF File:
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