[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33488-33489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15877]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-1866]


Goldschmidt Chemical Corp.; 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 
Goldschmidt Chemical Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of silicone 
acrylate resins produced by addition of -hydroxyalkenes and/
or propenyloxy-2,3-dihydroxypropane, mono- or diester with acrylic 
acid, acetic acid or other saturated monocarboxylic acid, to dimethyl 
polysiloxane, methylhydrogen polysiloxane, or dimethyl-methylhydrogen 
polysiloxane as

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coatings or components of coatings on polymers and on paper and 
paperboard intended for contact with food. The following optional 
adjuvants may also be required in the manufacture of silicone acrylate 
resins: 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone and/or oligomeric 2-
hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]-1-propanone.

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 9B4658) has been filed by Goldschmidt Chemical 
Corp., 914 East Randolph Rd., Hopewell, VA 23860. The petition proposes 
both to amend the food additive regulations in part 177 (21 CFR part 
177) by adding a new section and to amend 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 silicone acrylate resins 
produced by addition of -hydroxyalkenes and/or propenyloxy-
2,3-dihydroxypropane, mono- or diester with acrylic acid, acetic acid 
or other saturated monocarboxylic acid, to dimethyl polysiloxane, 
methylhydrogen polysiloxane, or dimethyl-methylhydrogen polysiloxane as 
coatings or components of coatings on polymers and on paper and 
paperboard intended for contact with food. The following optional 
adjuvants may also be required in the manufacture of silicone acrylate 
resins: 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone and/or oligomeric 2-
hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]-1-propanone.
    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: June 2, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-15877 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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