[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36246-36247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17547]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0484]


Eastman Chemical Co.; 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 
Eastman Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of di-2-
ethylhexylterephthalate as a component of closure- sealing gaskets for 
food containers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-205), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

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 8B4593) has been filed by Eastman Chemical Co., 
P.O. Box 431, Kingsport, TN 37662. The petition proposes to amend the 
food additive regulations in Sec. 177.1210 Closures with sealing 
gaskets for food containers (21 CFR 177.1210) to provide for the safe 
use of di-2-ethylhexyl terephthalate as a component of closure-sealing 
gaskets for food containers.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) 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

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nor an environmental impact statement is required.

    Dated: June 17, 1998.
 Laura M. Tarantino,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-17547 Filed 7-1-98; 8:45 am]
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