[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11545-11546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6741]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 21 CFR Part 172

 [Docket No. 87F-0179]


 Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human 
Consumption; Olestra; Correction

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final 
rule that appeared in the Federal Register of January 30, 1996 (61 FR 
3118). The document amended the food additive regulations to provide 
for the safe use of sucrose esterified with medium and long chain fatty 
acids (olestra) as a replacement for fats and oils. The document was 
published with some typographical errors. This document corrects those 
errors.

DATES: The regulation is effective January 30, 1996. Submit written 
comments on the labeling requirement (Sec. 172.867(c)) by April 1, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1-23, 
Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen R. Thorsheim, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3092.

    In FR Doc. 96-1584, appearing on page 3118 in the Federal Register 
of Tuesday, January 30, 1996, the following corrections are made:
    1. On page 3119, in the second column, in the first footnote, in 
the sixth line, the last word ``volum'' is corrected to read 
``volume''; in the same column, in the second footnote, in the seventh 
line, ``FAc'' is corrected to read ``FAC''; and in the eighth line, the 
word ``meetins'' is corrected to read ``meetings''. On the same page, 
in the third column, in the third full paragraph, in the eleventh line, 
after the period, the plus sign is removed.
    2. In the following places the paragraph symbol that printed 
inadvertently is removed: On page 3120, in the second column, in the 
third paragraph, in the nineteenth line, following the word ``at''; in 
the third column, in the first paragraph, in the fifteenth line, 
following the word ``in''; and in the same column, in the third 
paragraph, in the eighteenth line, following the word ``vitamins''; on 
page 3135, in the third column, in the third paragraph, at the 
beginning of the fourth line; on page 3166, in the third column, at the 
beginning of the twenty-first line; and on page 3169, in the third 
column, in the first paragraph, in the thirty-second line, following 
the word ``to''.
    3. On page 3121, in the first column, in the sixth line, 
``vitamin'' is corrected to read ``vitamins''.
    4. On page 3124, in the first column, in the fourth full paragraph, 
in the third line, ``250 F'' is corrected to read ``250  deg.F''.
    5. On page 3125, in the third column, in the second paragraph, in 
the twelfth line, following the word ``that'', the comma is removed.
    6. On page 3126, in the third column, in the first full paragraph, 
in the eighteenth line, and on page 3127, in the first column, in the 
second paragraph, in the eleventh line, ``CO2'' is corrected to read 
``CO2''.
    7. On page 3126, in the third column, in the first paragraph, in 
the twentieth line ``14C-sucrose'' is corrected to read ``14C-
sucrose''.
    8. On page 3129, in the first column, in the tenth line, the 
closing parenthesis is removed following the word ``review'', and 
reinserted following ``NTP'', and in the same column, in the thirteenth 
footnote, beginning in the first line the words ``was chief'' are 
corrected to read ``was formerly chief''.
    9. On page 3130, in the third column, in the second paragraph, in 
the twenty-third line, ``C14-labeled'' is corrected to read ``14C-
labeled''.
    10. On page 3131, in the first column, in the first paragraph, in 
the thirteenth line, ``C14-labeled'' is corrected to read 
``14C-labeled''.
    11. On page 3132, in the second column, in fifteenth line, 
``Vitamin K'' is corrected to read ``vitamin K'', and in the same 
column, in both the twentieth and twenty-first footnotes, and in the 
third column, in the twenty-second footnote, ``vol.'' is corrected to 
read ``vol. 2''.
    12. On page 3135, in the first column, in the twenty-fourth 
footnote, in the fourth line, ``basline'' is corrected to read 
``baseline'', and in the second column, in the first paragraph, in the 
tenth line, ``1,25-(OH)D'' is corrected to read ``1,25-(OH)2D''.
    13. On page 3136, in the second column, in the second full 
paragraph, in the seventh line, the word ``vitamin'' is removed, and on 
the same page, in the third column, in the sixth line, ``K1'' is 
corrected to read ``K1''.
    14. On page 3137, in the first column, in the second full 
paragraph, in the fifth line, ``3H-labeled'' is corrected to read 
``3H-labeled''.
    15. On page 3138, in the second column, in the first paragraph, in 
the third line, and in the third column, in the third line, ``B12'' is 
corrected to read ``B12''.
    16. On page 3144, in the third column, in the second paragraph, in 
the eleventh line, the word ``that'' is removed.
    17. On page 3147, in the third column, in the first paragraph, in 
the thirteenth line, insert a comma after the word ``cancer'', and in 
the same column, in the forty-first footnote, the sentences ``Dr. Alvan 
Feinstein is Chief of the Clinical Epidemiology Unit and a Sterling 
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Yale University School of 
Medicine. Dr. Feinstein has consulted for the petitioner and presented 
at its request.'' are added after the footnote number.
    18. On page 3148, in the first column, in the first full paragraph, 
in the third line; in the second paragraph, in the second and twenty-
fifth lines; in the second column, in the sixteenth line; and in the 
first paragraph, in the fourth line, the word ``carotenoid'' is 
corrected to read ``carotenoids''.
    19. On page 3151, in the third column, in the fifty-fifth footnote, 
in the second line, the name ``Schneemna'' is corrected to read 
``Schneeman''.
    20. On page 3152, in the second column, in the first full 
paragraph, in the sixth line, ``IV.B.1.a.'' is corrected to read 
``IV.B.1.''.
    21. On page 3153, in the second column, in the fourteenth line, the 
word ``was'' is removed, and in the same column, in the sixtieth 
footnote, the

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name ``Joann'' is corrected to read ``Joanne''.
    22. On page 3156, in the third column, in the sixth line, ``to 
safe'' is corrected to read ``to be safe'', and in the same column, in 
the first full paragraph, in the fourth line, the word ``stated'' is 
removed.
    23. On page 3158, in the first column, following the footnote, 
``72 Transcript, vol. 1, p. 152.'' the misplaced sentence 
``Accordingly, the petitioner concluded * * * by intestinal 
microflora.'' is removed and reinserted in the same column as a new 
last sentence of the second paragraph, following the words ``metabolize 
olestra.72'' On the same page, in the third column, in the second 
paragraph, in the eighth line, ``section VI.3.'' is corrected to read 
``section VI.B.3.''
    24. On page 3163, in the second column, in the third paragraph, in 
the third and twenty-second lines, ``(Ref. 105)'' is corrected to read 
``(Ref. 104)''.
    25. On page 3167, in Table 10, in the second column, in the last 
line, ``K11/g olestra'' is corrected to read ``K1/g 
olestra''.
    26. On page 3171, in the first column, in Ref. 102, in the the 
fifth line, ``pp. 783-799).'' is corrected to read ``pp. 783-799,''; 
and in the third column, in Sec. 172.867, in paragraph (b)(6), in the 
first line, ``C12'' and ``C14'' are corrected to read ``C12'' and 
``C14'', in the third line ``C20'' is corrected to read 
``C20'', and in the fourth line, ``C16'' and ``C18'' are corrected 
to read ``C16'' and ``C 18''.


Sec. 172.867  Corrected

    27. On page 3172, in the third column, in Sec. 172.867 Olestra, in 
paragraph (d), in the fifth line, the word ``lacetate'' is corrected to 
read ``acetate'', and in the seventh line, ``K1'' is corrected to 
read ``K1''. In the same column, in paragraph (e)(1), in the 
fourth line of the warning statement ``and other other nutrients'' is 
corrected to read ``and other nutrients'', and in paragraph (e)(2)(iv), 
in the first line, the word ``kearned'' is corrected to read 
``kerned''.

    Dated: March 13, 1996.
William K. Hubbard,
Associate Commissioner for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-6741 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]
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