[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23269]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0714]


Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.; 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 
Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 
2, 2' -methylenebis (4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl) 2-ethylhexyl phosphite as 
an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in linear low density polyethylene 
articles 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 8B4617) has been filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo 
K.K., c/o Japan Technical Information Center, Inc., 775 South 23d St., 
Arlington, VA 22202. 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 2, 
2' -methylenebis (4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl) 2-ethylhexyl phosphite as an 
antioxidant and/or stabilizer in linear low density polyethylene 
articles 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: August 12, 1998.
 Laura M. Tarantino,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-23269 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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