94-5636. E.I. duPont de Nemours; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 90F-0399]

 

E.I. duPont de Nemours; 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 a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 2212) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer 
as a binding agent in crustacean feeds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Woodrow M. Knight, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine (HFV-226), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 
Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 301-594-1731.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of December 19, 1990 (55 FR 52100), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2212) had been filed by E.I. duPont de Nemours & 
Co., Wilmington, DE 19898. The petition proposed to amend the food 
additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ethylene-vinyl 
acetate copolymer as a binding agent in crustacean feeds. E.I. duPont 
de Nemours & Co. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 571.7).

    Dated: March 4, 1994.
Richard H. Teske,
Acting Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 94-5636 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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