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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0251]

 

Registration and Consulting Co. AG; 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 
Registration and Consulting Co. AG has filed a petition proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
1,4-bis[(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione (C.I. 
Solvent Blue 104) as a colorant in polyethylene phthalate polymers 
intended for use in food-contact articles.

DATES: Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment by 
September 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm. 1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr., 
Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-254-9500.

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 4B4423) has been filed by Registration and 
Consulting Co. AG, c/o Reynaldo A. Gustilo, 125A 18th St., suite 142, 
Newport Plaza, Jersey City, NJ 07310. The petition proposes that the 
food additive regulations be amended in Sec. 178.3297 Colorants for 
polymers (21 CFR 178.3297) to provide for the safe use of 1,4-
bis[(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amino]-9,10-anthracenedione (C.I. Solvent 
Blue 104) as a colorant in polyethylene phthalate polymers intended for 
use in food-contact articles and complying with 21 CFR 177.1630.
    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 
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 the evidence 
supporting that finding will be published with the regulation in the 
Federal Register in accordance with 21 CFR 25.40(c).

    Dated: July 26, 1994.
 Janice F. Oliver,
 Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-18725 Filed 8-1-94; 8:45 am]
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