Food additive petitions: Troy Corp.,

[Federal Register: July 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 127)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99F-2081]

Troy Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Troy Corp. has fileda petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of butanedioic acid, sulfo-1,4- diisodecyl ester, ammonium salt as a surface active agent in pressure sensitive adhesives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, HFS-215, Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.

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 9B4678) has been filedby Troy Corp., c/o S. L. Graham & Associates, 1801 Peachtree Lane, Bowie, MD 20721. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.125 Pressure-sensitive adhesives (21 CFR 175.125) to provide for the safe use of butanedioic acid, sulfo-1,4-diisodecyl ester, ammonium salt as a surface active agent in pressure sensitive adhesives.

The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(I) 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: June 17, 1999. Laura M. Tarantino, Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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