[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45820-45821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23031]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0705]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.; 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 Ciba 
Specialty Chemicals Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 
tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite as a stabilizer in polymers 
intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

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 8B4618) has been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., c/o Keller and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 
West, Washington, DC 20001. The petition proposes to amend the food 
additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers 
for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the expanded safe use of 
tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite as a stabilizer for polymers 
intended for use in contact with food.
    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 nor an environmental impact statement is 
required.


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    Dated: July 31, 1998.
 Laura M. Tarantino,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-23031 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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