[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 235 (Tuesday, December 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 67695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32507]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-1022]


COPA Distributors, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that COPA 
Distributors, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the color 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
pyrogallol and ferrous sulfate as a color additive in hair dyes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aydin Orstan, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3076.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 721(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1))), notice is given that a 
color additive petition (CAP 8C0263) has been filed by COPA 
Distributors, Inc., c/o Research It!, Inc., 116 Huckleberry Lane, 
Henderson, NV 89014. The petition proposes to amend the color additive 
regulations to provide for the safe use of pyrogallol and ferrous 
sulfate as a color additive in hair dyes.
     The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(r) 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: November 10, 1998.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-32507 Filed 12-7-98; 8:45 am]
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