[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6571-6572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3205]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0054]


Sequa Chemicals, Inc.; 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 
Sequa Chemicals, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
octadecanoic acid, reaction products with 2-[(2-
aminoethyl)amino]ethanol and urea, and the acetate salts thereof, which 
may be emulsified with ethoxylated tallow alkyl amines, for use in the 
manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with 
dry 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 8B4576) has been filed by Sequa Chemicals, Inc., 
c/o Keller and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 
20001. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry 
food (21 CFR 176.180) to provide for the safe use of octadecanoic acid, 
reaction products with 2-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]ethanol and urea, and the 
acetate salts thereof, which may be emulsified with ethoxylated tallow 
alkyl amines, for increasing opacity and thickness, employed prior to 
the sheetforming operation in the manufacture of paper and paperboard 
intended for use in contact with dry 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.


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    Dated: January 22, 1998.
 Laura M. Tarantino,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-3205 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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