[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23129]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2999]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals; 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 has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
benzenepropanoic acid, 3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxy-, C7-C9-
branched alkyl esters as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for 
adhesives.

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 9B4686) has been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals, 540 White Plains Rd., P.O. Box 2005, 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 safe use of benzenepropanoic acid, 3,5-
bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxy-, C7-C9-branched alkyl esters as an 
antioxidant and/or stabilizer for adhesives.
    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: August 25, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-23129 Filed 9-3-99; 8:45 am]
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