[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39785-39786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17056]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 172

[Docket No. FDA-2019-F-3519]


Kellogg Company; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification 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 Kellogg Company, proposing 
that the food additive regulations be amended to

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provide for the safe use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient 
supplement in breakfast cereals and in grain-based nutrition bars 
(e.g., granola bars).

DATES: The food additive petition was filed on June 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the 
docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document into 
the ``Search'' box and follow the prompts, and/or go to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane A. Highbarger, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus 
Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-1204.

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 9A4823), submitted on 
behalf of Kellogg Company by Hogan Lovells US LLP, Columbia Square, 555 
Thirteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20004. The petition proposes to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec.  172.380 (21 CFR 172.380; 
Vitamin D3) to provide for the safe use of vitamin 
D3 as a nutrient supplement as defined in Sec.  170.3(o)(20) 
(21 CFR 170.3(o)(20)) in breakfast cereals as defined in Sec.  
170.3(n)(4) and in grain-based nutrition bars (e.g., granola bars) and 
to update the specifications for vitamin D3 established in 
Sec.  172.380(b) by incorporating by reference the most recent edition 
of the Food Chemicals Codex.
    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: August 5, 2019.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-17056 Filed 8-9-19; 8:45 am]
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