[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54117-54118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27532]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97F-0421]


Yoshitomi Fine Chemicals, Ltd.; 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 
Yoshitomi Fine Chemicals, Ltd., has filed a petition proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of Di-
tert-butylcresyl phosphonite condensation product with biphenyl for use 
as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for olefin polymers intended for 
use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-205), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

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 7B4557) has been filed by Yoshitomi Fine 
Chemicals, Ltd., 6-9 Hiranomachi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541, Japan. 
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 safe use of Di-tert-butylcresyl 
phosphonite condensation product with biphenyl,produced by the 
condensation of 2,4-di-tert-butylcresol with the Friedel-Crafts 
addition product of phosphorous trichloride and biphenyl,for use as an 
antioxidant and/or stabilizer for olefin polymers 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.


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    Dated: September 23, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-27532 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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