[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3906]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0250]
Registration and Consulting Co. AG; Withdrawal of Food Additive
Petition
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the
withdrawal, without prejudice to future filing, of a food additive
petition (FAP 4B4424) proposing that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of 8,9,10,11-tetrachloro-12H-
phthaloperin-12-one (C.I. Solvent Red 135) as a colorant in
polyethylene phthalate polymers intended for use as food-contact
articles.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of August 5, 1994 (59 FR 40036), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (4B4424) had been filed on behalf of the Registration
and Consulting Co. AG, c/o Bruce A. Schwemmer, Bruce EnviroExcel Group,
Inc., 94 Buttermilk Bridge Rd., Washington, NJ 07882 (formerly, c/o
Reynaldo A. Gustilo, 125A 18th St., suite 142, Newport Plaza, Jersey
City, NJ 07310). The petition proposed to amend the food additive
regulations in Sec. 178.3297 Colorants for polymers (21 CFR 178.3297)
to provide for the safe use of 8,9,10,11-tetrachloro-12H-phthaloperin-
12-one (C.I. Solvent Red 135) as a colorant in polyethylene phthalate
polymers intended for use in food-contact articles complying with 21
CFR 177.1630. Registration and Consulting Co. AG has now withdrawn the
petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: February 1, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-3906 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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