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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1240/Add.1 
12 June 2006 
 (06-2797) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 9 May 2006, is being distributed at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States.  
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Filing of Food Additive Petition;  Amendment [Docket No. 2006F–0059
] 
  In the Federal Register of 27 April 2006 (71 FR 24856), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an amendment to the filing notice for a petition from Danisco, Inc. which seeks to amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polydextrose as a 
bulking agent, formulation aid, humectant and textur izer in all foods, except meat and poultry.  FDA 
amended the filing notice to indicate that the petitio n proposes to amend the food additive regulations 
at 21 CFR 172.841 by incorporating by reference th e specifications for polydextrose in the 5th edition 
of the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), 2003.  The complete text of the amended filing notice in the Federal Register, 71 FR 24856 (available in E nglish), can be found on the Internet at: 
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a060427c.html
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  This action is in response to a petition from Danisco, Inc. filed by FDA on 15 February 2006; 
the complete text of the Filing Notice in the Fede ral Register, 71 FR 7975 (in English), can be found 
on the Internet at:  http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a060215c.html
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 Comments, identified by Docket No. 2006F–005 9, may be submitted by any of the following 
methods:  
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov
.  Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
• Agency Website:  http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments .  Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the agency Website. 
• E-mail:  fdadockets@oc.fda.gov .  Include Docket No. 2006F–0059 in the subject line of your 
e-mail message. 
• FAX:  301–827–6870. 
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier [For paper, disk, or  CD-ROM submissions]:  Division of Dockets 
Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Admi nistration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852. 
  All submissions must include the agency name  and docket number for this rulemaking.  All 
comments received will be posted without change to http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ default.htm
, 
including any personal information provided.   G/SPS/N/USA/1240/Add.1 
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   For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm
 and insert the docket number, found in brackets in the 
heading of this document, into the "Search" box an d follow the prompts and/or go to the Division of 
Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers La ne, Room 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 
 
 For further information contact:  Paul C. DeLeo, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition (HFS–265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740–3835, 301-436-1302.   Ms Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fa x:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov
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