[Federal Register: July 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 134)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2244]

 
Bayer 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 
Bayer Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of a terpolymer of 
styrene, divinyl benzene and ethylvinyl benzene, aminomethylated, then 
quaternized with methyl chloride as an ion exchange resin for use in 
treating aqueous solutions of sugar and hydrolyzed starch.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parvin M. Yasaei, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3023.

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 9A4677) has been filed by Bayer Corp., 100 Bayer 
Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205, c/o ENVIRON International Corp., 4350 North 
Fairfax Dr., suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203. The petition proposes to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 173.25 Ion-exchange resins 
(21 CFR 173.25) to provide for the safe use of a terpolymer of styrene, 
divinyl benzene and ethylvinylbenzene, aminomethylated, then 
quaternized with methyl chloride (chemical abstracts name: Benzene, 
diethenyl-, polymer with ethenylbenzene and ethenylethylbenzene, 
aminomethylated, chloromethane-quaternized, chloride (CAS Reg. No. 
113114-5-9)) as an ion-exchange resin for use in treating aqueous 
solutions of sugar and hydrolyzed starch.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) that this action is 
of a type that does not individually or cummulatively have a 
significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an 
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is 
required.

    Dated: June 25, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-17821 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am]
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