[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 70715] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-32682] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 98F-1199] Avecia, 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 7B4525) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2-methyl-4,5-trimethylene-4- isothiazolin-3-one as a preservative for paper coatings intended for use in contact with aqueous food.
For Further Information Contact
Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.
Supplementary Information
In a notice published in the Federal Register of January 6, 1999 (64 FR 884), FDA announced that a food additive petition (FAP 7B4525) had been filed by Zeneca Biocides, Foulkstone 1405, 2d, 1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 19850-5457. The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for the safe use of 2-methyl-4,5-trimethylene-4-isothiazolin-3-one as a preservative for paper coatings intended for use in contact with aqueous foods. Since publication of the filing notice, Zeneca Biocide's specialty chemicals group has been spun-off as Avecia, Inc., 1405 Foulk Rd., P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 19850-5457. Avecia, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: November 29, 1999. Alan M. Rulis, Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. [FR Doc. 99-32682 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-F