[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 55264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23405]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00F-1482]


Electric Power Research Institute, Agriculture and Food 
Technology Alliance; 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 
Electric Power Research Institute, Agriculture and Food Technology 
Alliance has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of ozone in gaseous 
and aqueous phases as an antimicrobial agent for the treatment, 
storage, and processing of foods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert L. Martin, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3074.

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 0A4721) has been filed by the Electric Power 
Research Institute, Agriculture and Food Technology Alliance, 2747 
Hutchinson Ct., Walnut Creek, CA 94598. The petition proposes to amend 
the food additive regulations in part 173 Secondary Direct Food 
Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption (21 CFR part 173) to 
provide for the safe use of ozone in gaseous and aqueous phases as an 
antimicrobial agent for the treatment, storage, and processing of 
foods.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(r) 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: August 23, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-23405 Filed 9-12-00; 8:45 am]
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