[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-5012]


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 expand the safe use of oxidized 
bis(hydrogenated tallow alkyl) amines as a process stabilizer for 
certain olefin polymers intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.

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 0B4700) has been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., 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 expand the safe use of oxidized 
bis(hydrogenated tallow alkyl) amines as a process stabilizer for 
certain olefin polymers 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.

    Dated: November 3, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-30729 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]
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