96-7677. Milliken & Co.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14103-14104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7677]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 91F-0002]


Milliken & Co.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 1B4241), filed by Milliken & Co. proposing that the food 
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe expanded use of 
dibenzylidene sorbitol (DBS) as a clarifying agent for olefin polymers 
intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-606-0202.


[[Page 14104]]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of February 4, 1991 (56 FR 4295), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 1B4241) had been filed on behalf of Milliken & 
Co., P.O. Box 1927 M-400, Spartanburg, SC 29304 (currently c/o Keller 
and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001). The 
petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 178.3295 Clarifying agents for polymers (21 CFR 178.3295) to 
provide for the safe expanded use of DBS as a clarifying agent for 
olefin polymers intended for use in contact with food. Milliken & Co. 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: March 18, 1996.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-7677 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-01-F