[Federal Register: March 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food And Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-0461]

 
Ticona; 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 
Ticona has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of polyphenylene 
sulfone resins as articles or components of articles intended for 
repeated 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 9B4644) has been filed by Ticona, c/o Keller and 
Heckman LLP, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001. The 
petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in Part 177 
Indirect Food

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Additives: Polymers (21 CFR 177) to provide for the safe use of 
polyphenylene sulfone resins as articles or components of articles 
intended for repeated 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: February 26, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-6750 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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