[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 21214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10645]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 93F-0050]
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.; 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 3B4360) proposing that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate
copolymer, produced by the copolymerization of perfluoroalkylethyl
acrylate, octadecyl methacrylate, vinylidene chloride, 2-hydroxyethyl
methacrylate and polyoxyethylene methacrylate, as an oil and water
repellant in paper and paperboard intended for food-contact use.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of March 12, 1993 (58 FR 13603), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 3B4360) had been filed by E. I. Du Pont de
Nemours and Co., Du Pont Chemicals, Jackson Laboratory, Chamber Works,
Deepwater, NJ 08023. The petition proposed to amend the food additive
regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in
contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for
the safe use of perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate copolymer, produced by the
copolymerization of perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate, octadecyl
methacrylate, vinylidene chloride, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and
polyoxyethylene methacrylate, as an oil and water repellant in paper
and paperboard intended for food-contact use. Du Pont has now withdrawn
the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: April 11, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-10645 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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