[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 233 (Friday, December 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 67075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32250]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-1021]


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 certain styrene-
acrylic copolymers as components of coatings for paper and paperboard 
intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

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 8B4632) has been filed by Rohm and Haas Co., 100 
Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106. The petition proposes 
to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of 
paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 
176.170) to provide for the safe use of certain styrene-acrylic 
copolymers as components of coatings for paper and paperboard. The 
copolymers contain monomer units from styrene and methyl methylacrylate 
and may contain monomer units from butyl methacrylate, methacrylic 
acid, butyl acrylate, acrylic acid, and allyl methacrylate.
    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.

    Dated: November 10, 1998.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-32250 Filed 12-3-98; 8:45 am]
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