[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6468-6469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02239]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. FDA-2015-C-0245]


Signature Brands, LLC; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

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ACTION: Notice of petition.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing 
that we have filed a petition, submitted by Signature Brands, LLC, 
proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments in egg decorating kits 
for coloring shell eggs.

DATES: The color additive petition was filed on December 22, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Anderson, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 240-402-1309.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 721(d)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1)), we are giving notice 
that we have filed a color additive petition (CAP 5C0301), submitted by 
Signature Brands, LLC, c/o Keller and Heckman, LLP, 1001 G Street NW., 
Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001. The petition proposes to amend 
the color additive regulations in Sec.  73.350 Mica-based pearlescent 
pigments (21 CFR 73.350), to provide for the safe use of mica-based 
pearlescent pigments in egg decorating kits for coloring shell eggs.
    We have 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: January 30, 2015.
Dennis M. Keefe,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2015-02239 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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