[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13430-13431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6533]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0460]


Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc.; 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 Akzo 
Nobel Chemicals, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 3,6,9-
triethyl-3,6,9-trimethyl-1,4,7-triperoxynonane as a modifier in the 
production of olefin polymers used as components of food-contact 
articles.

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 9B4646) has been filed by Akzo Nobel Chemicals, 
Inc., 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. 177.1520 Olefin polymers (21 CFR 177.1520) and in 
Sec. 177.2600 Rubber articles intended for repeated use (21 CFR 
177.2600) to provide for the safe use of 3,6,9-triethyl-3,6,9-
trimethyl-1,4,7-triperoxynonane as a modifier in the production of 
olefin polymers used as components of food-contact articles.
    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.


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    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-6533 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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