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Federal Register: June 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 120)NoticesPage 33488-33489From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Docket No. 99F-1866Goldschmidt Chemical Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Goldschmidt Chemical Corp. has fileda petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of silicone acrylate resins produced by addition of <greek-oh>-hydroxyalkenes and/ or propenyloxy-2,3-dihydroxypropane, mono- or diester with acrylic acid, acetic acid or other saturated monocarboxylic acid, to dimethyl polysiloxane, methylhydrogen polysiloxane, or dimethyl-methylhydrogen polysiloxane as

[Page 33489]coatings or components of coatings on polymers and on paper and paperboard intended for contact with food. The following optional adjuvants may also be required in the manufacture of silicone acrylate resins: 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone and/or oligomeric 2- hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]-1-propanone.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

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 9B4658) has been filedby Goldschmidt Chemical Corp., 914 East Randolph Rd., Hopewell, VA 23860. The petition proposes both to amend the food additive regulations in part 177 (21 CFR part 177) by adding a new section and to amend Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for the safe use of silicone acrylate resins produced by addition of <greek-oh>-hydroxyalkenes and/or propenyloxy- 2,3-dihydroxypropane, mono- or diester with acrylic acid, acetic acid or other saturated monocarboxylic acid, to dimethyl polysiloxane, methylhydrogen polysiloxane, or dimethyl-methylhydrogen polysiloxane as coatings or components of coatings on polymers and on paper and paperboard intended for contact with food. The following optional adjuvants may also be required in the manufacture of silicone acrylate resins: 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone and/or oligomeric 2- hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]-1-propanone.

The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(i) that this action is of the 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 2, 1999. Alan M. Rulis, Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

FR Doc. 99-15877Filed6-22-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4160-01-F