[Federal Register: June 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 107)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food And Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-1581]

 
Witco 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 
Witco Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of imidazolium 
compounds, 2-(C17 and C<INF>17</INF>-unsaturated alkyl)-[2-
(C<INF>18</INF> and C<INF>18</INF>-unsaturated amido)ethyl]-4,5-
dihydro-1-methyl, methyl sulfates as a debonding agent in the 
manufacture of paper intended for 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 9B4669) has been filed by Witco Corp., One 
American Lane, Greenwich, CT 06831-2559. The petition proposes to amend 
the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and 
paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) and 
Sec. 176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry 
food (21 CFR 176.180) to provide for the safe use of imidazolium 
compounds, 2-(C<INF>17</INF> and C<INF>17</INF>-unsaturated alkyl)-[2-
(C<INF>18</INF> and C<INF>18</INF>-unsaturated amido)ethyl]-4,5-
dihydro-1-methyl, methyl sulfates as a debonding agent in the 
manufacture of paper intended for 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: May 20, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-14148 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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