Document ID: FDA-2014-F-1184-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Zinpro Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)
Posted Date: 2014-08-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 49465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19831]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2014-F-1184]

Zinpro Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of petition.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Zinpro Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of zinc L-
selenomethionine as a source of selenium in complete feed for broiler 
chickens.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the petitioner's 
request for categorical exclusion from preparing an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement by September 22, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments to: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-
305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Isabel W. Pocurull, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine (HFV-226), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 
Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240-453-6853.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5)), notice is given that a 
food additive petition (FAP 2285) has been filed by Zinpro Corp., 10400 
Viking Dr., Suite 240, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. The petition proposes to 
amend Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in part 573 
Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR 
part 573) to provide for the safe use of zinc L-selenomethionine as a 
source of selenium in complete feed for broiler chickens.
    The petitioner has requested a categorical exclusion from preparing 
an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under 21 
CFR 25.32(r). Interested persons may submit either electronic or 
written comments regarding this request for categorical exclusion to 
the Division of Dockets Management (see DATES and ADDRESSES). It is 
only necessary to send one set of comments. Identify comments with the 
docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. 
Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to 
the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: August 15, 2014.
Bernadette Dunham,
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 2014-19831 Filed 8-20-14; 8:45 am]
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