[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 130 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37243-37244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13161]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 2007C-0245]


Nippon Oil Corp.; 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 
Nippon Oil Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the color additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of Paracoccus 
carotinifaciens granules as a color additive in the feed of salmonid 
fish to enhance the color of their flesh.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mical E. Honigfort, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration,

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5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1278.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1)), notice is given that a color additive 
petition (CAP 7C0283) has been filed by Nippon Oil Corp., c/o Beckloff 
Assoc., 7400 West 110th St., suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66210. The 
petition proposes to amend the color additive regulations in 21 CFR 
part 73 to provide for the safe use of Paracoccus carotinifaciens 
granules as a color additive in the feed of salmonid fish to enhance 
the color of their flesh.
    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: June 28, 2007.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. E7-13161 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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