[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12567]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 93F-0152]
Witco Corp.; 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 3B4348), filed by Witco Corp. proposing that the food
additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of
decanedioic acid, polymer with 1,2-ethanediamine, (Z,Z)-9,12-
octadecadienoic acid dimer and 4,4'-(1,3-propaneidyl) bis (piperidine)
as a polymer coating onaluminum foil, polyolefin film, and paper and
paperboard and as an adhesive, for use in contact with food.
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 May 19, 1993 (58 FR 29231), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 3B4348) had been filed by Witco Corp., 5777
Frantz Rd., P.O. Box 646, Dublin, OH 43017. The petition proposed to
amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of
decanedioic acid, polymer with 1,2-ethanediamine, (Z,Z)-9,12-
octadecadienoic acid dimer and 4,4'-(1,3-propaneidyl) bis (piperidine)
as a polymer coating on aluminum foil, polyolefin film, and paper and
paperboard and as an adhesive, for use in contact with food. Witco
Corp. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future
filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: April 30, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-12567 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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