66 FR 15 pg. 7498 - Avecia, Inc.; Filing of Food Additive Petition
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 15Page: 7498
Docket number: [Docket No. 01F-0026]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-1868 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 01F-0026]
Avecia, Inc.; Filing of Food Additive Petition
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Avecia, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of Poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride as a preservative for food-contact paper coating formulations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark 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 1B4726) has been filed by Avecia, Inc., 1405 Foulk Rd., P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 19850-5457. The petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in § 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) and § 176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry food (21 CFR 176.180) to provide for the safe use of Poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride as a preservative for food-contact paper coating compositions.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(q) 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 4, 2001.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 01-1868 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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