[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16837]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2082]


National Starch and 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 
National Starch and Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
food starch modified by amylolytic enzymes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mary E. LaVecchia, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3072.

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 9A4674) has been filed by National Starch and 
Chemical Co., 10 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0500. The 
petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 172.892(i) Food starch-modified (21 CFR 172.892(i)) to provide for 
the safe use of food starch modified by amylolytic enzymes.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) 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 17, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-16837 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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