[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7187]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0165]


Edward S. Josephson; 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 
Edward S. Josephson has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of ionizing 
radiation for the reduction of salmonella in fresh shell eggs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Trotter, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3088.

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 8M4584) has been filed by Edward S. Josephson, 
University of Rhode Island, Food Science and Nutrition Research Center, 
530 Liberty Lane, West Kingston, RI 02892-1802. The petition proposes 
that the food additive regulations in part 179 Irradiation in the 
Production, Processing and Handling of Food (21 CFR part 179) be 
amended to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the 
reduction of salmonella in fresh shell eggs.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) 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: March 4, 1998,
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-7187 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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