[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-4372]


National Fisheries Institute and Louisiana Department of 
Agriculture and Forestry; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the 
National Fisheries Institute and the Louisiana Department of 
Agriculture and Forestry have filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of approved 
sources of ionizing radiation for the control of Vibrio and other 
foodborne pathogens in fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Trotter, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3088.

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 9M4682) has been filed by the National Fisheries 
Institute, 1901 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209 and the 
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 3334, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70821. The petition proposes that the food additive 
regulations in part 179 Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and 
Handling of Food (21 CFR part 179) be amended to provide for the safe 
use of approved sources of ionizing radiation for the control of Vibrio 
and other foodborne pathogens in fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) 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: September 30, 1999.
Lauran M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-27160 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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