[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42950-42951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2535]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals 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 Ciba 
Specialty Chemicals Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 
5,7-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-hydroxy-2(3H)-benzofuranone, reaction 
products with o-xylene as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in olefin 
polymers, adhesives, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and ethylene-vinyl 
acetate copolymers intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

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 9B4680) has been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., 540 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-9005. The 
petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 
178.2010) to provide for the expanded safe use of 5,7-bis(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-3-hydroxy-2(3H)-benzofuranone, reaction products with o-
xylene as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for olefin polymers 
complying with Sec. 177.1520, adhesives complying with Sec. 175.105, 
pressure-complying with Sec. 177.1520, adhesives complying with 
Sec. 175.105, pressure-sensitive adhesives complying with Sec. 175.125 
and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers complying with Sec. 177.1350 
intended for use in contact with food.

    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.


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    Dated: July 13, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Deputy Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-20256 Filed 8-5-99; 8:45 am]
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