[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17821]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 99F-2244]
Bayer 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
Bayer Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of a terpolymer of
styrene, divinyl benzene and ethylvinyl benzene, aminomethylated, then
quaternized with methyl chloride as an ion exchange resin for use in
treating aqueous solutions of sugar and hydrolyzed starch.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parvin M. Yasaei, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3023.
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 9A4677) has been filed by Bayer Corp., 100 Bayer
Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205, c/o ENVIRON International Corp., 4350 North
Fairfax Dr., suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203. The petition proposes to
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 173.25 Ion-exchange resins
(21 CFR 173.25) to provide for the safe use of a terpolymer of styrene,
divinyl benzene and ethylvinylbenzene, aminomethylated, then
quaternized with methyl chloride (chemical abstracts name: Benzene,
diethenyl-, polymer with ethenylbenzene and ethenylethylbenzene,
aminomethylated, chloromethane-quaternized, chloride (CAS Reg. No.
113114-5-9)) as an ion-exchange resin for use in treating aqueous
solutions of sugar and hydrolyzed starch.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(j) that this action is
of a type that does not individually or cummulatively have a
significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is
required.
Dated: June 25, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-17821 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am]
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