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

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for the notice of filing that appeared in the Federal Register of 20 May 2016 (81 FR 31877). In the notice, FDA 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 it amends and/or revoke specified regulations to no longer provide for the food contact use of specified ortho-phthalates. FDA is taking this action in response to a request for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.

The text is available in English at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-08/pdf/2016-18720.pdf.