Green Innovation GmbH; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 2323) proposing that the food a...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 2323) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of hydrolyzed lignin as a source of neutral detergent soluble fiber in food for broiler chickens, laying hens, turkeys, growing swine, sows, lactating dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, goats, salmonids, and adult dogs at no more than 1% of the food on a weight basis or 10 kilograms per metric ton of food.
DATES:
The food additive petition was withdrawn on July 29, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov
and insert the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document into the “Search” box and follow the prompts, and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Megan Hall, Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740, 301-796-4092,
Megan.Hall@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In a notice published in the
Federal Register
of November 26, 2025 (90 FR 54245), we announced that we had filed a food additive petition (FAP 2323), submitted by Green Innovation GmbH, Grabenweg 68-A6020, Innsbruck, Austria. The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 21 CFR part 573—Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals to provide for the safe use of hydrolyzed lignin as a source of neutral detergent soluble fiber in food for broiler chickens, laying hens, turkeys, growing swine, sows, lactating dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, goats, salmonids, and adult dogs at no more than 1% of the food on a weight basis or 10 kilograms per metric ton of food. Green Innovation GmbH has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 571.7).
Grace R. Graham,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International Affairs.
www.regulations.gov
21 CFR part 573