[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 26194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12540]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0195]


Vanetta S.p.A.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use) 
Menadione Nicotinamide Bisulfite

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Vanetta S.p.A. has filed a petition to allow the use of menadione 
nicotinamide bisulfite in swine diets as a source of vitamin K activity 
and niacin.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1-23, 
Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michaela G. Alewynse, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine (HFV-228), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 
Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 301-827-6657.

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 2239) has been filed by Vanetta S.p.A., Via 
Alzia Trento 10, Milano, Corsico, Italy. The petition proposes to amend 
the food additive regulations in part 573 Food Additives Permitted in 
the Feed and Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide for 
use of menadione nicotinamide bisulfite in swine diets as a source of 
vitamin K activity and niacin.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32 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: April 24, 1998.
Stephen F. Sundlof,
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 98-12540 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]
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