{"abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance document entitled \"Guidance for Industry: Preparing a Claim of Categorical Exclusion or an Environmental Assessment for Submission to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition\" (the guidance). This guidance provides information to industry on how to prepare a claim of categorical exclusion or an environmental assessment (EA) for submission to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in notifications for food contact substances, food additive petitions, color additive petitions, requests for exemption from regulation as a food additive, generally recognized as safe (GRAS) petitions, and petitions for certain food labeling regulations.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2006/05/18/E6-7528.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"71 FR 28872","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This guidance document is final upon the date of publication. Submit written or electronic comments concerning this guidance document at any time.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 2003D-0379"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E6-7528","effective_on":null,"end_page":28873,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2006/05/18/E6-7528.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/05/18/E6-7528/guidance-for-industry-preparing-a-claim-of-categorical-exclusion-or-an-environmental-assessment-for","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E6-7528?publication_date=2006-05-18","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2006-05-18/E6-7528/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":903,"last_updated":"2026-04-03 16:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-05-18/pdf/E6-7528.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2006-05-18","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2006/05/18/E6-7528.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T19:25:01Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":28872,"subtype":null,"title":"Guidance for Industry: Preparing a Claim of Categorical Exclusion or an Environmental Assessment for Submission to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Availability","toc_doc":"Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; preparing categorical exclusion claim or environmental assessment; industry guidance","toc_subject":"Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":71}