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[FR Doc No: 94-19097]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94F-0250]

 

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 the 
Registration and Consulting Co. AG has filed a petition proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
8,9,10,11-tetrachloro-12H-phthaloperin-12-one (C.I. Solvent Red 135) as 
a colorant in polyethylene phthalate polymers intended for use as food-
contact articles.
DATES: Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment by 
September 6, 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 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 4B4424) has been filed by the Registration and 
Consulting Co. AG, c/o Mr. Reynaldo A. Gustilo, 125A 18th St., suite 
142, Newport Plaza, Jersey City, NJ 07310. The petition proposes to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.3297 Colorants for 
Polymers (21 CFR 178.3297) to provide for the safe use of 8,9,10,11-
tetrachloro-12H-phthaloperin-12-one (C.I. Solvent Red 135) 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 
September 6, 1994, 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 27, 1994.
L. Robert Lake,
Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-19097 Filed 8-4-94; 8:45 am]
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