2016-18720: Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Clean Water Action, Consumer Federation of America, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Improving Kids' Environment, Learning Disabilities Association of America, and Natural Resources Defense Council; Filing of Food Additive Petition; Reopening of Comment Period
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notice of filing that appeared in the Federal Register of May 20, 2016 (81 FR 31877). In the notice, we requested comments on a filed food additive petition (FAP 6B4815), submitted by the Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science In The Public Interest, Clean Water Action, Consumer Federation of America, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Improving Kids' Environment, Learning Disabilities Association of America, and Natural Resources Defense Council, proposing that we amend and/or revoke specified regulations to no longer provide for the food contact use of specified ortho-phthalates. We are taking this action in response to a request for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 4 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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