[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 12015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5419]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00F-0813]


Tritex Co., Inc.; 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 
Tritex Co., Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of sodium xylene 
sulfonated as a component of paper and paperboard intended to contact 
food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark 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 0B4719) has been filed by Tritex Co., Inc., 1001 
Boul. Industriel, Saint-Eustache (Quebec), CANADA J7H 6C3. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 
Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty 
foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for the safe use of sodium xylene 
sulfonated as a component of paper and paperboard intended to contact 
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: February 22, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-5419 Filed 3-6-00; 8:45 am]
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