[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 34628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16793]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 177

[Docket No. 97F-0198]


Indirect Food Additives: Polymers; 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 that provide for the safe use of ethylene/1,3-
phenylene oxyethylene isophthalate/terephthalate copolymer. The 
document was published with an error in the limitations. This document 
corrects that error.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard H. White, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3094.

EFFECTIVE DATE: JUNE 27, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of December 5, 1994 
(59 FR 62317), FDA amended the food additive regulations to provide for 
the safe use of ethylene/1,3-phenylene oxyethylene isophthalate/
terephthalate copolymers in blends with polyethylene terephthalate 
polymers in contact with food. The document inadvertently failed to 
reflect the correct Type of food in one of the exceptions in the use of 
copolymer. Accordingly, the agency is amending 21 CFR 177.1345 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 177

    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 177 is amended as follows:

PART 177--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: POLYMERS

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 177 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. 177.1345  [Amended]

    2. Section 177.1345 Ethylene/1,3-phenylene oxyethylene 
isophthalate/terephthalate copolymer is amended in the second sentence 
of paragraph (d) by removing ``VIII-A'' and adding in its place ``VII-
A''.

    Dated: June 16, 1997.
L. Robert Lake,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Center 
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-16793 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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