[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30336]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97C-0466]


Archer Daniels Midland Co.; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has filed a petition proposing that the 
color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
astaxanthin from Phaffia rhodozyma as a color additive in salmonid fish 
feeds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aydin Orstan, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3076.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 721(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1))), notice is given that a 
color additive petition (CAP 8C0252) has been filed by Archer Daniels 
Midland Co., P.O. Box 1470, Decatur, IL 62525. The petition proposes to 
amend the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 
astaxanthin from P. rhodozyma as a color additive in salmonid fish 
feeds.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(r) that this action is 
of a 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: October 31, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-30336 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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