[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 6193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2909]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0057]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.; 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 Ciba 
Specialty Chemicals Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of calcium 
bis[monoethyl(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)phosphonate] as a 
stabilizer for polyethylene phthalate polymers intended for use in 
contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), 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 8B4578) has been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., 540 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-9005. 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 calcium bis[monoethyl (3,5-di-
tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)phosphonate] as a stabilizer for 
polyethylene phthalate polymers, complying with 21 CFR 177.1630, 
intended for use in contact with food.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) 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: January 22, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-2909 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]
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