98-20304. National Starch and Chemical Corp.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20304]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 83F-0089]


National Starch and Chemical 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 a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 3B3696) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of the partial sodium salt of a 
copolymer of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride with acrylamide and 
acrylic acid as a component of paper and paperboard for use in contact 
with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel N. Harrison, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3084.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of April 22, 1983 (48 FR 17390), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B3696) had been filed by National Starch and 
Chemical Corp., P.O. Box 6500, Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0500. 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 the partial 
sodium salt of a copolymer of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride with 
acrylamide and acrylic acid as a component of paper and paperboard for 
use in contact with food. National Starch and Chemical Corp. has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: July 2, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-20304 Filed 7-29-98; 8:45 am]
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