Document ID: FDA-2014-F-0452-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Novus International, Incorporated; Filing of Food Additive Petition
(Animal Use)
Posted Date: 2014-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09406]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2014-F-0452]

Novus International, Incorporated; 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 or we) is announcing 
that we have filed a petition, submitted by Novus International, Inc., 
proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of ethoxyquin in rendered fats and oils used in animal 
feed.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the petitioner's 
environmental assessment by May 27, 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, 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)), we are giving notice that 
we have filed a food additive petition (FAP 2283) submitted by Novus 
International, Inc., 20 Research Park Dr., Saint Charles, MO 63304. The 
petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations in part 573 
Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR 
part 573) to provide for the safe use of ethoxyquin in rendered fats 
and oils used in animal feed.
    We are reviewing the potential environmental impact of this 
petition. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations 
issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), 
we are placing the environmental assessment submitted with the petition 
that is the subject of this notice on public display at the Division of 
Dockets Management (see DATES and ADDRESSES) for public review and 
comment.
    Interested persons may submit either electronic comments regarding 
this document to http://www.regulations.gov or written comments to the 
Division of Dockets Management (see 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. We will post comments we receive to the 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov. We will also place on public 
display, in the Division of Dockets Management and at http://www.regulations.gov, any amendments to, or comments on, the 
petitioner's environmental assessment without further announcement in 
the Federal Register. If, based on our review, we find that an 
environmental impact statement is not required, and this petition 
results in a regulation, we will publish the notice of availability of 
our finding of no significant impact and the evidence supporting that 
finding with the regulation in the Federal Register in accordance with 
21 CFR 25.51(b).

    Dated: April 22, 2014.
Bernadette Dunham,
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 2014-09406 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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