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]
    BILLING CODE 4160-01-F
    
    
    

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:
96-22693.pdf