[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28290]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 178

[Docket No. 93F-0101]


Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and 
Sanitizers; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food 
additive regulations to correct an error in the Chemical Abstracts 
Service (CAS) registry number for a component of a food additive. This 
document corrects that error.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 5, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Bryce, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of August 21, 1995 
(60 FR 43370), the agency amended the food additive regulations to 
provide for the safe use of monomethyltin/dimethyltin 
isooctylmercaptoacetates as a stabilizer in rigid polyvinyl chloride 
and rigid vinyl chloride copolymers for use in contact with food. The 
CAS registry number for dimethyltin bis(2-ethylhexylmercaptoacetate was 
incorrectly published as ``(CAS Reg. No. 57583-35-43)'' instead of 
``(CAS Reg. No. 57583-35-4)''. Accordingly, the agency is amending 21 
CFR 178.2010 to correct the error.
    Publication of this document constitutes final action on this 
change under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). Notice 
and public comment are unnecessary because FDA is merely correcting a 
nonsubstantive error.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 178

    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 178 is amended as follows:

PART 178--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND 
SANITIZERS

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 178 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).

Sec. 178.2010  [Amended]

    2. Section 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers is 
amended in the table in paragraph (b) under the heading ``Substances'' 
in the entry for ``Dimethyltin/monomethyltin isooctylmercaptoacetates'' 
by removing ``CAS Reg. No. 57583-35-43'' and adding in its place ``CAS 
Reg. No. 57583-35-4''.

    Dated: October 16, 1996.
Fred R. Shank,
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-28290 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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