[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97F-0406]


Sveriges Starkelseproducenter; 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 
Sveriges Starkelseproducenter has filed a petition proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
industrial starch modified by treatment with up to 21 percent 2,3-
epoxypropyl trimethylammonium chloride, as a component of food-contact 
articles.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.
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 7B4558) has been filed by Sveriges 
Starkelseproducenter, c/o Kirschman Associates, P.O. Box 88, Emmaus, PA 
18049. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 178.3520 Industrial starch-modified (21 CFR 178.3520) to provide 
for the safe use of industrial starch modified by treatment with up to 
21 percent 2,3-epoxypropyl trimethylammonium chloride, as a component 
of food-contact articles.
    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: September 15, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-26256 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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