Food additive petitions: Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.,

[Federal Register: September 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 172)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99F-2998]

Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K. has fileda petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of tridecanol phosphite condensation product with butylidenebis[2-(1,1- dimethylethyl)-5-methyl-4,1-phenylene] as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer to be used as a component of pressure-sensitive adhesives intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

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 9B4694) has been filedby Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K., 5-2-13, Shirahata, Urawa City, Saitama 336, Japan. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the safe use of tridecanol phosphite condensation product with butylidenebis[2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-methyl-4,1-phenylene] as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer to be used as a component of pressure-sensitive adhesives intended for use in contact with food.

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: August 25, 1999. Alan M. Rulis, Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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