[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 241 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29961]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2009-F-0570]


Lallemand, 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 
Lallemand, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of vitamin 
D2 bakers yeast as a dual purpose nutrient supplement and 
leavening agent or dough relaxer in yeast-containing baked products.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Kidwell, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1071.

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 9A4779) has been filed by Lallemand, Inc., c/o 
Dennis T. Gordon, 117 N. Welcome Slough Rd., Puget Island, Cathlamet, 
WA 98612. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations 
in part 172 Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for 
Human Consumption (21 CFR part 172) to provide for the safe use of 
vitamin D2 bakers yeast as a dual purpose nutrient 
supplement and leavening agent or dough relaxer in yeast-containing 
baked products.
    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: December 8, 2009.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. E9-29961 Filed 12-16-09; 8:45 am]
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