[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20437]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 93F-0269]
Lonza, Inc.; 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 3B4392) proposing that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of didecyldimethylammonium chloride
as a slimicide used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended
to contact food.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration,
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of August 24, 1993 (58 FR 44682), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 3B4392) had been filed by Lonza, Inc., c/o Delta
Analytical Corp., 7910 Woodmont Ave., suite 1000, Bethesda, MD 20814
(currently c/o Lewis & Harrison, 122 C St. NW., suite 740, Washington,
DC 20001). The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations
in Sec. 176.300 Slimicides (21 CFR 176.300) to provide for the safe use
of didecyldimethylammonium chloride as a slimicide used in the
manufacture of paper and paperboard intended to contact food. Lonza,
Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future
filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: July 19, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-20437 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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