[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32358]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97F-0504]


The Goodyear Tire and Rubber 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 the 
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has filed a petition proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe 
use of butylated reaction product of p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene for 
use as an antioxidant in acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers 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 8B4561) has been filed by The Goodyear Tire and 
Rubber Co., c/o Keller and Heckman LLP, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, 
Washington, DC 20001. 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 
butylated reaction product of p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene for use as 
an antioxidant in acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers 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: December 2, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-32358 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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