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CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety
August 25, 2006
Date: August 25, 2006
From: Chemist, Environmental Review Group (ERG)
Division of Chemistry Research and Environmental Review (HFS-246)
Subject: FCN No. 657 - Sodium xylene sulfonate.
Notifier: Ecolab Research Center
655 Lone Oak Drive
Eagen, MN 55121
To: Division of Food Contact Notifications (HFS-275)
Attention: Helen Lee, Ph.D.
Through: Layla I. Batarseh, Ph.D., Supervisor, ERG
Attached is the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for FCN 657. After this notification becomes effective, this FONSI and the notifier's environmental assessment (in PDF*, 569Kb), dated July 19, 2006, may be made available to the public, and we will post them on the internet at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~rdb/opa-envt.html.
Please let us know if there is any change in the identity or use of the food contact substance.
William H. Lamont
Attachment:
Finding of No Significant Impact
A food contact notification (FCN No. 657), submitted by Ecolab Inc., to provide for the safe use of sodium xylene sulfonate as an anionic surfactant, hydrotope, and coupling agent in commercial, single use dishwashing rinse-aid products to be used in commercial establishments.
The Environmental Review Group 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 information submitted by the notifier in an environmental assessment (EA) (in PDF*, 569Kb), dated July 19, 2006, confidential business information submitted to support the EA, and other information known to the agency.
Prepared by__________________________________________Date: August 25, 2006
William H. Lamont, Chemist
Environmental Review Group
Division of Chemistry Research and Environmental Review
Office of Food Additive Safety
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
Approved by__________________________________________Date: August 25, 2006
Layla I. Batarseh, Ph.D., Supervisor
Environmental Review Group
Division of Chemistry Research and Environmental Review
Office of Food Additive Safety
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
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