[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40384-40385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19540]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 95F-0244]


Union Carbide, Corp.; 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 
Union Carbide, Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to redefine the limitations for n-
butoxypolyoxy- ethylenepolyoxypro- pylene glycol intended for use as a 
defoaming agent in sugar beet processing by viscosity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell Cheeseman, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-217), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3083.
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 5A4473) has been filed by Union Carbide, Corp., 
P.O. Box 670, Bound Brook, NJ 08805. The petition proposes to amend the 
food additive regulations in Sec.  173.340 Defoaming agents (21 CFR 
173.340) to redefine 

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limitations for n-butoxypolyoxyethylenepolyoxypropylene glycol intended 
for use as a defoaming agent in sugar beet processing by viscosity.
    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: July 24, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-19540 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]
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