[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35228-35229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17104]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0393]
Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K.; 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 4B4434), filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K., proposing that
the food additive regulations be amended to provide the expanded safe
use of phosphorous acid, cyclic neopentanetetrayl bis(2,6-di-tert-
butyl-4-methylphenyl)ester as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer at a
level not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight in olefin copolymers in
contact with certain food categories, and at levels not to exceed 0.10
percent by weight in either olefin copolymers or polypropylene in
contact with certain other food categories.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of November 23, 1994 (59 FR 60363), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 4B4434) had been filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K.
K., 2, Sirahata 5-Chome, Urawa City, Saitama 366, Japan. The petition
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010
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Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to
provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic
neopentanetetrayl bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl)ester for use
(i) at levels not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight of olefin polymers
complying with Sec. 177.1520 (21 CFR 177.1520) in contact with foods of
types I, II, III, IV-B, VI-B, and VIII, as described in Table 1, and
under conditions of use B through H described in Table 2 of
Sec. 176.170(c) (21 CFR 176.170(c)) of this chapter, and with foods of
types IV-A, V, VI-A, VI-C, VII-A, and IX, under conditions of use C
through G, as described in Sec. 176.170(c) of this chapter, Tables 1
and 2 respectively; and (ii) at levels not to exceed 0.10 percent by
weight of either olefin polymers or polypropylene complying with
Sec. 177.1520 which may be used only in contact with foods of types IV-
A, V, VI-C, VII-A, and IX, under conditions of use H, as described in
Sec. 176.170(c) of this chapter, Tables 1 and 2 respectively. Asahi
Denka Kogyo K. K. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: June 12, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-17104 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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