[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24626]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0749]


Rohm and Haas 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 Rohm 
and Haas Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of the ion exchange 
resin, methylacrylate-divinyl benzene diethylene glycol divinyl ether 
terpolymer to treat water and aqueous foods without limits on the 
conditions of use, and with a specification for 
dimethylaminopropylamine, an impurity in the ion exchange resin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James C. Wallwork, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215),Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3078.

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 8A4609) has been filed by Rohm and Haas Co., 100 
Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2399. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 173.25 Ion 
exchange resins (21 CFR 173.25) to provide for the safe use of the ion 
exchange resin, methylacrylate-divinyl benzene diethylene glycol 
divinyl ether terpolymer, identified in Sec. 173.25(a)(16), to treat 
water and aqueous foods as described in Sec. 173.25(b)(2), without 
limits on the conditions of use, and with a specification for 
dimethylaminopropylamine, an impurity in the ion exchange resin.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) 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 31, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-24626 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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