[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15797]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-1879]


BetzDearborn; 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 
BetzDearborn has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to expand the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-
propanediol as an antimicrobial for use in food-contact paper and 
paperboard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.

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 9B4671) has been filed by BetzDearborn, 4636 
Somerton Rd., Trevose, PA 19053. The petition proposes to amend the 
food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and 
paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to 
expand the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol as an 
antimicrobial for use in food-contact paper and paperboard.
    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: June 7, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-15797 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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