[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 73252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23812]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 2005C-0482]


Food Ingredient Solutions, LLC; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Food 
Ingredient Solutions, LLC, has filed a petition proposing that the 
color additive regulations be amended to expand the use of sodium 
copper chlorophyllin to include foods generally (with the exception of 
meat, poultry, fish, and standardized foods) and to include fescue 
grass as a permitted source.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mical E. Honigfort, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1278.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (section 721(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1))), notice is given that a 
color additive petition (CAP 6C0281) has been filed by Food Ingredient 
Solutions, LLC, 300 Corporate Dr., suite 7, Blauvelt, NY 10913. The 
petition proposes to amend the color additive regulations in Sec.  
73.125 Sodium copper chlorophyllin (21 CFR 73.125) to expand the use to 
include foods generally (with the exception of meat, poultry, fish, and 
standardized foods) and to include fescue grass as a permitted source.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) 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: November 17, 2005.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 05-23812 Filed 12-8-05; 8:45 am]
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