[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15561]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 178

[Docket No. 99F-1421]


Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and 
Sanitizers; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its food 
additive regulations that provide for the safe use of tetradecanoic 
acid, lithium salt as a stabilizer for polypropylene and certain 
polypropylene copolymers intended for use in contact with food. When 
the regulation was last amended, the regulation published with some 
errors. This document corrects those errors.

DATES: This rule is effective June 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA has discovered that two errors have 
become incorporated into the agency's current food additive 
regulations. In an amendment to 21 CFR 178.2010, published in the 
Federal Register of December 27, 1999 (64 FR 72273), there were errors 
regarding the food type VI-B. This document corrects those errors. 
Publication of this document constitutes final action under the 
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). FDA has determined that 
notice and public comment are unnecessary because this amendment is 
nonsubstantive.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 178

    Food additives, Food packaging.

    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and 
redelegated to the Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, 21 CFR part 178 is amended as follows:

PART 178--INDIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: ADJUVANTS, PRODUCTION AIDS, AND 
SANITIZERS

    1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 178 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 379e.

    2. Section 178.2010 is amended in the table in paragraph (b) under 
the heading ``Limitations'' by revising the entry for ``Tetradecanoic 
acid, lithium salt'' to read as follows:


Sec. 178.2010  Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers.

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    (b) * * *

 
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             Substances                          Limitations
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Tetradecanoic acid, lithium salt     For use only at levels not to
 (CAS Reg. No. 20336-96-3)            exceed 0.15 percent by weight of
                                      polypropylene and polypropylene
                                      copolymers complying with Sec.
                                      177.1520(c) of this chapter, items
                                      1.1a, 1.1b, 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.1c,
                                      3.2a, and 3.2b. The finished
                                      polymers may only be used in
                                      contact with food of Types I, II,
                                      IV-B, VI-B, VII-B, and VIII as
                                      described in table 1 of Sec.
                                      176.170(c) of this chapter under
                                      conditions of use B through H as
                                      described in table 2 of Sec.
                                      176.170(c) of this chapter, and
                                      with food of Types III, IV-A, V,
                                      VI-A, VI-C, VII-A, and IX
                                      described in table 1 of Sec.
                                      176.170(c) of this chapter under
                                      conditions of use C through G as
                                      described in table 2 of Sec.
                                      176.170(c) of this chapter.
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    Dated: June 7, 2000.
L. Robert Lake,
Director of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-15561 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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