[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23397]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0717]


Mitsubishi Chemical 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 
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of sucrose 
esters of fatty acids with an average degree of esterification ranging 
from four to seven, as an emulsifier or stabilizer at a level not to 
exceed 2 percent, in chocolate and in butter-substitute spreads. The 
petitioner is also proposing ``SOE'' as the common or usual name for 
this product.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Lawrence J. Lin, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3103.

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 8A4610) has been filed by Mitsubishi Chemical 
Corp., 5-2, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. The 
petition proposes that the food additive regulations be amended to 
provide for the safe use of sucrose esters of fatty acids with an 
average degree of esterification ranging from four to seven, as an 
emulsifier or stabilizer at a level not to exceed 2 percent, in 
chocolate and in butter-substitute spreads. The petitioner is also 
proposing ``SOE'' as the common or usual name for this product.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) 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. 98-23397 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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