[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 22411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9823]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2010-F-0200]


Fonterra (USA) 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 
Fonterra (USA) Inc. has filed a petition proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of hydrogen 
peroxide in the manufacture of modified whey by the ultrafiltration 
method.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Johnston, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1282.

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 0A4781) has been filed by Fonterra (USA), Inc., 
c/o Burdock Group, 801 N. Orange Ave., Suite 710, Orlando FL, 32801. 
The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in part 
173--Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human 
Consumption (21 CFR part 173) to provide for the safe use of hydrogen 
peroxide in the manufacture of modified whey by the ultrafiltration 
method.
    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: April 23, 2010.
Mitchell A. Cheeseman,
Acting Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2010-9823 Filed 4-27-10; 8:45 am]
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