[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6528]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0459]


Exxon Co. International; 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 
Exxon Co. International has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
isopropyl laurate in surface lubricants used in the manufacture of 
metallic articles intended for contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

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 9B4647) has been filed by Exxon Co. 
International, 200 Park Ave., Florham Park, NJ 07932-1002. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.3910 
Surface lubricants used in the manufacture of metallic articles (21 CFR 
178.3910) to provide for the safe use of isopropyl laurate in surface 
lubricants used in the manufacture of metallic articles intended for 
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: February 26, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-6528 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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