[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18844-18845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9180]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 95F-0065]


BASF 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 BASF 
Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations 
be amended to provide for the safe use of a polyamide-ethyleneimine-
epichlorohydrin resin as a component of paper and paperboard in contact 
with aqueous and fatty food.

DATES: Written comments on the petitioner's environmental assessment by 
May 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch 
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm. 1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr., 
Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane E. Robertson, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

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 5B4452) has been filed by BASF Corp., 1609 
Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI 48192. 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) to 
provide for the safe use of a polyamide-ethyleneimine-epichlorohydrin 
resin as a component of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous 
and fatty foods.
    The potential environmental impact of this action is being 
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations 
promulgated under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4 
(b)), the agency is placing the environmental assessment submitted with 
the petition that is the subject of this notice on public display at 
the Dockets Management Branch (address above) for public review and 
comment. Interested persons may, on or before May 15, 1995, submit to 
the Dockets Management Branch (address above) written comments. Two 
copies of any comments are to be submitted, except that individuals may 
submit one copy. Comments are to be identified with the docket number 
found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments 
may be seen in the office above between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday. FDA will also place on public display any amendments 
to, or comments on, the petitioner's environmental assessment without 
further announcement in the Federal Register. If, based on its review, 
the agency finds that an environmental impact statement is not required 
and this petition results in a regulation, the notice of availability 
of the agency's finding of no significant impact and the evidence 
supporting that finding will be published with the regulation in the 
Federal Register in accordance with 21 CFR 25.40(c).

    Dated: March 24, 1995.
Eugene C. Coleman,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-9180 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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