Food additive petitions: Dow Chemical Co.,

[Federal Register: April 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 77)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99F-0925]

The Dow Chemical Co.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that The Dow Chemical Co. has fileda petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2,2-dibromo-3- nitrilopropionamide as a preservative for adhesives and coatings used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for contact with food.

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 9B4641) has been filedby The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI 48674. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 175.105) and 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 2,2-dibromo-3- nitrilopropionamide as a preservative for adhesives and for coatings in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended for contact with food. The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(q) 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: April 7, 1999. Alan M. Rulis, Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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