[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55798-55799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22811]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0455]


North American Bioproducts Corporation; Filing of Food Additive 
Petition (Animal Use); Penicillin G Procaine

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
North American Bioproducts Corp. has filed a petition proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
penicillin G procaine as an antimicrobial processing aid in fuel-
ethanol fermentations with respect to its consequent presence in by-
product distiller grains used as an animal feed or feed ingredient.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the petitioner's 
environmental assessment by October 14, 2010.

ADDRESSES:  Submit electronic comments to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-
305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Isabel W. Pocurull, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-453-6853, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a 
food additive petition (FAP 2268) has been filed by North American 
Bioproducts Corp., Corporate Support Center, 1815 Satellite Blvd., 
Bldg. 200, Duluth, GA 30097. The petition proposes to amend the food 
additive regulations in part 573 Food Additives Permitted in Feed and 
Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide for the safe use 
of penicillin G procaine as an antimicrobial processing aid in fuel-
ethanol fermentations with respect to its consequent presence in by-
product distiller grains used as an animal feed or feed ingredient.
    The potential environmental impact of this action is being 
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations 
issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), 
the agency is placing the environmental assessment submitted with the 
petition that is the subject of this notice on public display at the 
Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES) for public review and 
comment.
    Interested persons may submit to the Division of Dockets Management 
(see ADDRESSES) electronic or written comments regarding this document. 
It is only necessary to submit one set of comments. It is no longer 
necessary to send two copies of mailed comments. Identify comments with 
the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. 
Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. FDA will also place 
on public display any amendments to, or comments on, the petitioner's 
environmental assessment without further announcement in the Federal 
Register. If, based on its review, the agency finds that an 
environmental impact statement is not required and this petition 
results in a regulation, the notice of availability of the agency's 
finding of no significant impact and the evidence supporting that 
finding will be published with the regulation in the Federal Register 
in accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b).


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    Dated: September 8, 2010.
Bernadette Dunham,
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 2010-22811 Filed 9-13-10; 8:45 am]
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