[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36148-36149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14272]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00C-1321]


Wesley Jessen Corp.; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Wesley Jessen Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the color 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of mica in 
contact lenses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 721(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1))), notice is given that a 
color additive petition (CAP 0C0271) has been filed by Wesley Jessen 
Corp., 333 East Howard Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60018. The petition 
proposes to amend the color additive regulations in 21 CFR part 73 
subpart D--Medical Devices to provide for the safe use of mica in 
contact lenses.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(l) 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

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nor an environmental impact statement is required.

    Dated: May 15, 2000.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-14272 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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