[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10009]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0925]


The Dow 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 The 
Dow Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2,2-dibromo-3-
nitrilopropionamide as a preservative for adhesives and coatings used 
in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for contact with 
food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

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 9B4641) has been filed by The Dow Chemical Co., 
Midland, MI 48674. The petition proposes to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 175.105) and 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 2,2-dibromo-3-
nitrilopropionamide as a preservative for adhesives and for coatings in 
the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for contact with food.
     The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(q) 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: April 7, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-10009 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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