[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34170]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-1201]


GEO Specialty Chemicals; 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 GEO 
Specialty Chemicals has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of the salt 
of dimethylolpropionic acid and triisopropanolamine as a pigment 
dispersant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen M. Waldron,Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215),Food and Drug Administration,200 
C St. SW.,Washington, DC 20204,202-418-3089.

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 9B4636) has been filed by GEO Specialty 
Chemicals, c/o Keller and Heckman LLP, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, 
Washington, DC 20001. The petition proposes to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 178.3725 Pigment dispersants (21 CFR 178.3725) to 
provide for the safe use of the salt of dimethylolpropionic acid and 
triisopropanolamine as a dispersant for pigments intended for food-
contact applications.
     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: December 7, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-34170 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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