65 FR 199 pg. 60968 - W.R. Grace Co.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition
Type: NOTICEVolume: 65Number: 199Page: 60968
Docket number: [Docket No. 91F-0170]
FR document: [FR Doc. 00-26250 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 91F-0170]
W.R. Grace Co.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 1B4257) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of styrene- n -butyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymer, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt as components in can end cements in contact with food.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), 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 July 16, 1991 (56 FR 32435), FDA announced that a food additive petition (FAP 1B4257) had been filed by W.R. Grace, Ltd., Cromwell Rd., St. Neots, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE 19 1QL, England (now W.R. Grace Co., Darex Container Products, 62 Whittemore Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140). The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in § 175.300 Resinous and polymeric coatings (21 CFR 175.300) to provide for the safe use of styrene- n -butyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymer, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt as components in can end cements in contact with food. W.R. Grace Co. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: September 26, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-26250 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am]
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