[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 6571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3207]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0058]


Sekisui Plastics Company, 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 
Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd., has filed a petition proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to expand the safe use of 
pyromellitic anhydride.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.

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 8B4582) has been filed by Sekisui Plastics Co., 
Ltd., c/o Bullwinkel Partners, Ltd., 19 S. LaSalle St., suite 1300, 
Chicago, IL 60603. The petition proposes to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 177.1630 Polyethylene phthalate polymers (21 CFR 
177.1630) to expand the conditions of the safe use of pyromellitic 
anhydride as a modifier in ethylene terephthalate copolymers.
    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. 98-3207 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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