[Federal Register: March 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 49)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 03F-0088]
Ion Beam Applications; 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 Ion
Beam Applications has filed a petition proposing that the food additive
regulations be amended by increasing
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the maximum permitted energy level of X-rays for treating food to 7.5
million electron volts (MeV) from the currently permitted maximum level
of 5.0 MeV.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Johnston, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 202-418-3423.
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 3M4745) has been filed by Ion Beam Applications,
6000 Poplar Ave., suite 426, Memphis, TN. The petition proposes to
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 179.26 Ionizing radiation
for the treatment of food (21 CFR 179.26) by increasing the maximum
permitted energy level of X-rays for treating food to 7.5 MeV from the
currently permitted maximum level of 5.0 MeV.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) 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: February 24, 2003.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 03-5955 Filed 3-12-03; 8:45 am]
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