[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 25048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11496]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 03F-0182]


Food Steris Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Steris Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of ionizing 
radiation for the control of microbial contamination on dietary 
supplements up to a maximum absorbed dose of 30 kiloGray (kGy).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane A. Highbarger, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-255), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3032.

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 2M4741) has been filed by Steris Corp., P.O. Box 
147, St. Louis, MO 63166. The petition proposes that the food additive 
regulations in part 179 Irradiation in the Production, Processing and 
Handling of Food (21 CFR part 179) be amended to provide for the safe 
use of ionizing radiation for the control of microbial contamination on 
dietary supplements, and ingredients used in the manufacture of dietary 
supplements, up to a maximum absorbed dose of 30 kGy.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) 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: April 16, 2003.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 03-11496 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-01-S