[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57338-57339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28216]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
21 CFR Part 175

[Docket No. 95F-0064]


Indirect Food Additives: Adhesives and Components of Coatings

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food 
additive regulations to provide for the safe use of silver chloride-
coated titanium dioxide as a preservative in polymer latex emulsions in 
resinous and polymeric coatings intended for use in contact with food. 
This action is in response to a petition filed by Johnson Matthey 
Chemicals.

DATES: Effective November 15, 1995; written objections and requests for 
a hearing by December 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections 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, 202-418-3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of April 13, 1995 (60 FR 18845), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 5B4453) had been filed by Johnson Matthey 
Chemicals, c/o 1000 Potomac St. NW., Washington, DC 20007. The petition 
proposed that the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.300 Resinous 
and polymeric coatings (21 CFR 175.300) be amended to provide for the 
safe use of silver chloride-coated titanium dioxide as a preservative 
in polymer latex emulsions used in resinous and polymeric coatings 
intended for use in contact with food.
    FDA has evaluated the data in the petition and other relevant 
material. The agency concludes that the proposed use of the additive in 
resinous and polymeric coatings intended for use in contact with food 
is safe and that the regulations in Sec. 175.300 should be amended as 
set forth below.
    In accordance with Sec. 171.1(h) (21 CFR 171.1(h)), the petition 
and the documents that FDA considered and relied upon in reaching its 
decision to approve the petition are available for inspection at the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition by appointment with the 
information contact person listed above. As provided in 21 CFR 
171.1(h), the agency will delete from the documents any materials that 
are not available for public disclosure before making the documents 
available for inspection.
    The agency has carefully considered the potential environmental 
effects of this action. FDA has concluded that the action will not have 
a significant impact on the human environment, and that an 
environmental impact statement is not required. The agency's finding of 
no significant impact and the evidence supporting that finding, 
contained in an environmental assessment, may be seen in the Dockets 
Management Branch (address above) between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday.
    Any person who will be adversely affected by this regulation may at 
any time on or before December 15, 1995, file with the Dockets 
Management Branch (address above) written objections thereto. Each 
objection shall be separately numbered, and each numbered objection 
shall specify with particularity the provisions of the regulation to 
which objection is made and the grounds for the objection. Each 
numbered objection on which a hearing is requested shall specifically 
so state. Failure to request a hearing for any particular objection 
shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing on that objection. 
Each numbered objection for which a hearing is requested shall include 
a detailed description and analysis of the specific factual information 
intended to be presented in support of the objection in the event that 
a hearing is held. Failure to include such a description and analysis 
for any particular objection shall constitute a waiver of the right to 
a hearing on the objection. Three copies of all documents shall be 
submitted and shall be identified with the docket number found in 
brackets in the heading of this document. Any objections received in 
response to the regulation may be seen in the Dockets Management Branch 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 175

    Adhesives, Food additives, Food packaging.
    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and 
redelegated to the Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, 21 CFR part 175 is amended as follows:

PART 175--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADHESIVES AND COMPONENTS OF 
COATINGS

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 175 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Secs. 201, 402, 409, 721 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 379e).

    2. Section 175.300 is amended in paragraph (b)(3)(xxxiii) by 
alphabetically adding a new entry to read as follows:




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Sec. 175.300  Resinous and polymeric coatings.

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    (b) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (xxxiii) Miscellaneous materials:
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Silver chloride-coated titanium dioxide for use only as a 
preservative in latex emulsions at a level not to exceed 2.2 parts 
per million (based on silver ion concentration) in the dry coating.
 * * * * *

    Dated: October 26, 1995.
Janice F. Oliver,
Deputy Director for Systems and Support, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-28216 Filed 11-14-95; 8:45 am]
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