[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20426]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0584]


DuPont Chemicals and White Pigments and The Dow 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 
DuPont Chemicals and White Pigments, and The Dow Chemical Co., has 
jointly filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations 
be amended to provide for the safe use of monoisopropanolamine as a 
dispersant for pigments intended to be used either as fillers or 
colorants in food-contact paper and paperboard.

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 8B4607) has been filed by DuPont Chemicals and 
White Pigments, Edge Moor Plant, 104 Hay Rd., Wilmington, DE 19809, and 
The Dow Chemical Co., 2030 Dow Center, Midland, MI 48674. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 
Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty 
foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for the safe use of 
monoisopropanolamine as a dispersant for pigments intended to be used 
as fillers or colorants in food-contact paper and paperboard.
    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 24, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-20426 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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