[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3139]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 02F-0042]


Ecolab, 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 
Ecolab, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of a mixture of 
peroxyacetic acid, octanoic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, 
peroxyoctanoic acid, and 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid as 
an antimicrobial agent on meat parts, trim, and organs.

DATES: Submit written comments on the petitioner's environmental 
assessment by March 13, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew D. Laumbach, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3071.

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 2A4731) has been filed by Ecolab, Inc., Ecolab 
Center, 370 Wabasha St., St. Paul, MN 55102. 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 a mixture of peroxyacetic acid, octanoic 
acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyoctanoic acid, and 1-
hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid as an antimicrobial agent on 
meat parts, trim, and organs.
    The potential environmental impact of this action is being 
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations 
issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), 
the agency is placing the environmental assessment submitted with the 
petition that is the subject of this notice on public display at the 
Dockets Management Branch (address above) for public review and 
comment. Interested persons may submit to the Dockets Management Branch 
written comments by March 13, 2002. Two copies of any comments are to 
be submitted, except that individuals may submit one copy. Comments are 
to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the 
heading of this document. Received comments may be seen in the Dockets 
Management Branch between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. FDA 
will also place on public display any amendments to, or comments on, 
the petitioner's environmental assessment without further announcement 
in the Federal Register. If, based on its review, the agency finds that 
an environmental impact statement is not required and this petition 
results in a regulation, the notice of availability of the agency's 
finding of no significant impact and the evidence supporting that 
finding will be published with the regulation in the Federal Register 
in accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b).

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
L. Robert Lake,
Director of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 02-3139 Filed 2-8-02; 8:45 am]
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