[Federal Register: July 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 130)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2007C-0245]
Nippon Oil Corp.; Filing of Color Additive Petition
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that
Nippon Oil Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the color additive
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of Paracoccus
carotinifaciens granules as a color additive in the feed of salmonid
fish to enhance the color of their flesh.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mical E. Honigfort, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration,
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5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1)), notice is given that a color additive
petition (CAP 7C0283) has been filed by Nippon Oil Corp., c/o Beckloff
Assoc., 7400 West 110th St., suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66210. The
petition proposes to amend the color additive regulations in 21 CFR
part 73 to provide for the safe use of Paracoccus carotinifaciens
granules as a color additive in the feed of salmonid fish to enhance
the color of their flesh.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(r) 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 28, 2007.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. E7-13161 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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