[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12087-12088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5955]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 03F-0088]


Ion Beam Applications; 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 Ion 
Beam Applications has filed a petition proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended by increasing

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the maximum permitted energy level of X-rays for treating food to 7.5 
million electron volts (MeV) from the currently permitted maximum level 
of 5.0 MeV.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Johnston, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 202-418-3423.

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 3M4745) has been filed by Ion Beam Applications, 
6000 Poplar Ave., suite 426, Memphis, TN. The petition proposes to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec.  179.26 Ionizing radiation 
for the treatment of food (21 CFR 179.26) by increasing the maximum 
permitted energy level of X-rays for treating food to 7.5 MeV from the 
currently permitted maximum level of 5.0 MeV.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) that this action is 
of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental 
assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

    Dated: February 24, 2003.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 03-5955 Filed 3-12-03; 8:45 am]
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