[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46226-46227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23270]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0716]


Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.; 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 
Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded 
safe use of a polyester-polyurethane resin-acid dianhydride adhesive in 
retortable pouches for use in contact with fatty food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety

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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 8B4619) has been filed by Dainippon Ink and 
Chemicals, Inc., c/o Center for Regulatory Services, 2347 Paddock Lane, 
Reston, VA 20191. The petition proposes to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 177.1390 Laminate structures for use at 
temperatures of 250  deg.F and above (21 CFR 177.1390) to provide for 
the expanded safe use of a polyester-polyurethane resin-acid 
dianhydride adhesive in retortable pouches for use in contact with 
fatty 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 17, 1998.
 George H. Pauli,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-23270 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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