[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17877]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0492]


ICI PLC; 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 ICI 
PLC has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations 
be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of N,N-bis (2-
hydroxyethyl) alkyl (C13-C15) amine as an 
antistatic agent in polypropylene homo- and copolymers intended for 
contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

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 8B4602) has been filed by ICI PLC, c/o ICI 
Surfactants, P.O. Box 8340, Wilmington, DE 19803-8340. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.3130 
Antistatic and/or antifogging agents in food-packing materials (21 CFR 
178.3130) to provide for the expanded safe use of N,N-bis (2-
hydroxyethyl) alkyl (C13-C15) amine as an 
antistatic agent in polypropylene homo- and copolymers intended for 
contact with 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.

    Dated: June 17, 1998.
Linda M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-17877 Filed 7-6-98; 8:45 am]
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