[Federal Register: December 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 247)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-1192]

 
Troy Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Troy 
Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations 
be amended to provide for the safe use of 3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl 
carbamate as a fungicidal additive for wood products intended to 
contact food.

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 7B4533) has been filed by 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. 178.3800 
Preservatives for wood (21 CFR 178.3800) to provide for the safe use of 
3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate as a fungicidal additive for wood 
products intended to contact food.
    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: December 10, 1998.
 Eugene C. Coleman,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-34070 Filed 12-23-98; 8:45 am]
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