[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17105]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 96F-0214]


Ciba-Geigy 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 
Ciba-Geigy Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2,9-dichloro-
5,12-dihydroquinone[2,3-b]acridine-7,14-dione (C. I. Pigment Red 202) 
as a colorant in polymers used in contact with food.

DATES: Written comments on petitioner's environmental assessment by 
August 5, 1996.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.

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 6B4512) has been filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., 335 
Water St., Newport, DE 19804. The petition proposes to amend the food 
additive regulations in Sec. 178.3297 Colorants for polymers (21 CFR 
178.3297) to provide for the safe use of 2,9-dichloro-5,12-
dihydroquinone[2,3-b]acridine-7,14-dione (C. I. Pigment Red 202) as a 
colorant in polymers used in contact with food.
    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 
display at the Dockets Management Branch (address above) for public 
review and comment. Interested persons may, on or before (insert date 
30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register), 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: June 20, 1996.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-17105 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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