[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2975-2976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-837]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0415]


Ashland Chemical Co.; 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 
Ashland Chemical Co., has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
polypropylene glycol with a molecular weight range of 1,200-3,000 grams 
per mole (g/mol), as a defoaming agent in processing beet sugar and 
yeast.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aydin Orstan, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-217), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204-0002, 202-418-3076.

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 5A4436) has been filed by [[Page 2976]] Ashland 
Chemical Co., One Drew Plaza, Boonton, NJ 07005. The petition proposes 
to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 173.340 Defoaming agents 
(21 CFR 173.340) to provide for the safe use of polypropylene glycol 
with a molecular weight range of 1,200-3,000 g/mol, as a defoaming 
agent in processing beet sugar and yeast.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.24(a)(9) 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: January 4, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-837 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]
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