[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12014-12015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5468]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00F-0812]


Bayer Co.; 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

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that Bayer Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended both to provide for the safe use of dimethyl 
dicarbonate (DMDC) in noncarbonated juice beverages containing up to 
and including 100 percent juice and to also provide for a more 
descriptive term, in place of ``inhibitor of yeast'', for the safe use 
of DMDC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha D. Peiperl, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3077.

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 0A4718) has been filed by Bayer Co., c/o McKenna 
& Cuneo LLP, 1900 K St., NW., Washington, DC 20006-1108. The petition 
proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 172.133 
Dimethyl dicarbonate (21 CFR 172.133) both to provide for the safe use 
of DMDC in noncarbonated juice beverages containing up to and including 
100 percent juice and also to provide for a more descriptive term, in 
place of ``inhibitor of yeast'', for the safe use of DMDC.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) and 21 CFR 25.30(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. 00-5468 Filed 3-6-00; 8:45 am]
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