[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1868]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 01F-0026]


Avecia, 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 
Avecia, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
Poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride as a preservative for food-
contact paper coating formulations.

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 1B4726) has been filed by Avecia, Inc., 1405 
Foulk Rd., P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 19850-5457. 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) and Sec. 176.180 Components of paper and 
paperboard in contact with dry food (21 CFR 176.180) to provide for the 
safe use of Poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride as a 
preservative for food-contact paper coating compositions.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(q) 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: January 4, 2001.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 01-1868 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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