[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 42 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5014]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00F-0789]


National Center for Food Safety and Technology; 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 the 
National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of 
Technology, has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to expand the conditions of safe use for X-
radiation and electron beam energy sources for the treatment of 
prepackaged foods by irradiation.

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 0M4711) has been filed by the National Center 
for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 6502 
South Archer Rd., Summit-Argo, IL 60501-1933. The petition proposes to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 179.45 Packaging materials 
for use during the irradiation of prepackaged foods (21 CFR 179.45) to 
expand the conditions of safe use for X-radiation and electron beam 
energy sources for the treatment of prepackaged foods by irradiation.
    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: February 14, 2000.
Alan L. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-5014 Filed 3-1-00; 8:45 am]
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