[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17700-17701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8746]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 02F-0142]


Cyanotech Corp.; 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 
Cyanotech Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of Haematococcus 
algae astaxanthin as a nutrient supplement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James C. Wallwork, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy, College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3078.

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 2A4732) has been filed by Cyanotech Corp., c/o 
T. Todd Lorenz, 11034 West Ocean Air Dr., # 252, San Diego, CA 92130. 
The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in part 
172 Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human

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Consumption (21 CFR part 172) to provide for the safe use of 
Haematococcus algae astaxanthin as a nutrient supplement.
    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: March 29, 2002.
Leslye M. Fraser,
Acting Director of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 02-8746 Filed 4-10-02; 8:45 am]
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