[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7231]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0487]


Exxon Chemical Co.; 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 Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of fatty 
acids, C10-13-branched, vinyl esters as a comonomer in polymers used as 
components of adhesive formulations intended for use in 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 9B4650) has been filed by Exxon Chemical Co., 
P.O. Box 3272, Houston, TX 77253-3272. The petition proposes to amend 
the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 
175.105) to provide for the safe use of fatty acids, C 10-
13-branched, vinylesters as a comonomer in polymers used as components 
of adhesive formulations intended for use in contact with food.
     The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) that this action 
is of the 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: March 5, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-7231 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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