[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24424]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97F-0375]


General Electric Co.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
General Electric Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 
phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-
butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by weight of 
triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in olefin 
copolymers intended for use in contact with food.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a food 
additive petition (FAP 7B4553) has been filed by General Electric Co., 
One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620-9364. The petition proposes to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/
or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the 
expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 
2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by 
weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for 
olefin copolymers complying with 21 CFR 177.1520(c), items 3.1 and 3.2, 
intended for use in contact with food.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) that this action is 
of the type that does not individually or cumulatively have a 
significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an 
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is 
required.

    Dated: August 29, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-24424 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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