79 FR 203 pg. 62932 - EMD Millipore Corp.; Filing of Color Additive Petition
Type: PRORULEVolume: 79Number: 203Page: 62932
Page: 62932Docket number: [Docket No. FDA-2014-C-1616]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-24962 Filed 10-20-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 73
[Docket No. FDA-2014-C-1616]
EMD Millipore Corp.; Filing of Color Additive Petition
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of petition.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by EMD Millipore Corp., proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to expand the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments in alcoholic beverages to include cordials, liqueurs, cocktails, and certain other alcoholic beverages, and non-alcoholic mixers and mixes.
DATES:
The color additive petition was filed on August 21, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Anderson, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 240-402-1309.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under section 721(d)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1)), we are giving notice that we have filed a color additive petition (CAP 4C0299), submitted by EMD Millipore Corp., c/o Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., 700 13th Street NW., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005. The petition proposes to amend the color additive regulations in 21 CFR 73.350, Mica-based pearlescent pigments, to expand the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments in alcoholic beverages to include cordials, liqueurs, cocktails, and certain other alcoholic beverages, and non-alcoholic mixers and mixes.
We have determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) 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: October 16, 2014.
Dennis M. Keefe,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2014-24962 Filed 10-20-14; 8:45 am]
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