[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62206-62208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29476]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 176
[Docket No. 95F-0016]
Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components
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
used in the coating of food-contact paper and paperboard. This action
is in response to a petition filed by Johnson Matthey Chemicals.
DATES: Effective December 5, 1995; written objections and requests for
a hearing by January 4, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to the Dockets Management Branch
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1-23,
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 February 13, 1995 (60 FR 8243), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 5B4442) had been filed by Johnson Matthey
Chemicals, c/o 1000 Potomac St. NW., Washington, DC 20007. The petition
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170
Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty
foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for the safe use of silver chloride-
coated titanium dioxide as a preservative in polymer latex emulsions
used in the coating of food-contact paper and paperboard.
FDA has evaluated data in the petition and other relevant material.
The agency concludes that the proposed use of the additive in paper and
paperboard products in contact with food is safe and that the
regulations in Sec. 176.170 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 January 4, 1996, 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 176
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 176 is amended as follows:
PART 176--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: PAPER AND PAPERBOARD COMPONENTS
1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 176 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Secs. 201, 402, 406, 409, 721 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 346, 348, 379e).
2. Section 176.170 is amended in the table in paragraph (a)(5) by
alphabetically adding a new entry under the headings ``List of
Substances'' and ``Limitations'' to read as follows:
Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with
aqueous and fatty foods.
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(a) * * *
(5) * * *
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List of Substances Limitations
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Silver chloride-coated titanium dioxide For use only as a preservative
in polymer latex emulsions at
a level not to exceed 2.2
parts per million (based on
silver ion concentration) in
the dry coating.
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Dated: November 24, 1995.
Fred R. Shank,
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-29476 Filed 12-04-95; 8:45 am]
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