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CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety
August 7, 2000
Date: August 7, 2000
From: Chemistry and Environmental Review Team
Division of Product Policy (HFS-205)
Subject: Premarket Notification FCN No. 000072 for the Use of Ethylene Terephthalate/Isophthalate Copolymers in Repeated Use Food-Contact Articles
Notifier: KoSo
c/o Keller and Heckman
Washington, D.C., 20001
To: Division of Petition Control (HFS-215)
Attention: Julius Smith
Attached is the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the above cited Premarket Notification. When this notification becomes effective, the notifier's environmental assessment and this FONSI may be made available to the public. Please let me know if there is any change in the identity or use of the food contact substance that would be inconsistent with the identity and use described in the FONSI.
Layla I. Batarseh, Ph.D.
A Premarket Notification (FCN No. 000072), submitted by KoSo, to provide for ethylene terephthalate-iso-phthalate copolymers to be used in repeated use food-contact articles
The Chemistry and Environmental Review Team has determined that allowing this notification to become effective will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment and therefore will not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement. This finding is based on an environmental assessment prepared by the notifier.
Prepared by: _____________________________________ Date: August 7, 2000
Layla I. Batarseh, Ph.D., Team Leader
Chemistry and Environmental Review Team
Division of Product Policy
Office of Premarket Approval
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
