[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34172]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-1200]


Zeneca Biocides; 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 
Zeneca Biocides has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2-methyl-4,5-
trimethylene-4-isothiazolin-3-one as a preservative for paper coatings 
intended for use in contact with fatty food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.

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 7B4526) has been filed by Zeneca Biocides, 
Foulkstone 1405, 2nd, 1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 
19850-5457. 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 2-methyl-4,5-trimethylene-4-isothiazolin-3-one as a 
preservative for paper coatings intended for use in contact with fatty 
foods.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(q) 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. 98-34172 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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