[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 22615] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-10445] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 98F-0635] General Electric Co.; 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 0B4615) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for polypropylene intended for use in contact with food.
For Further Information Contact
Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), 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 August 5, 1998 (63 FR 41855), FDA announced that a food additive petition (FAP 8B4615) had been filed by General Electric Co., One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon IN 47620-9364. The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/ or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for polypropylene complying with Sec. 177.1520(c), items 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3, intended for use in contact with food. General Electric Co. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: April 15, 1999. Alan M. Rulis, Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. [FR Doc. 99-10445 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-F