[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5299-5300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2506]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0126]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.; 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 Ciba 
Specialty Chemicals Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of N,N'''-
[1,2-ethanediylbis [[[4,6-bis [butyl (1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-
piperidinyl) amino]-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]imino]-3,1-propanediyl]] 
bis[N',N''-dibutyl-N',N''-bis (1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-

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piperidinyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine] as a light/thermal 
stabilizer in olefin polymers intended for use in contact with food.

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 9B4639) has been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., 540 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-9005. The 
petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 
178.2010) to provide for the safe use of N,N'''-[1,2-
ethanediylbis[[[4,6-bis[butyl(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-
piperidinyl)amino]-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]imino]-3,1-
propanediyl]]bis[N',N''-dibutyl-N',N''-bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-
piperidinyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine] as a light/thermal 
stabilizer in olefin polymers intended for use in contact with food.
    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: January 20, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-2506 Filed 2-2-99; 8:45 am]
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