[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: May 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 74

[Docket No. 90C-0221]

 

Listing of Color Additives for Coloring Sutures; D&C Violet No. 
2; Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the 
effective date of April 14, 1994, of the final rule published in the 
Federal Register of March 14, 1994 (59 FR 11718) that amended the color 
additive regulations to provide for the safe use of D&C Violet No. 2 to 
color poly(-caprolactone) absorbable sutures for general 
surgery.

DATES: Effective date confirmed: April 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell A. Cheeseman, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204-0001, 202-254-9511.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 14, 1994 
(59 FR 11718), FDA amended 21 CFR 74.3602 to provide for the safe use 
of D&C Violet No. 2 to color poly(-caprolactone) absorbable 
sutures for general surgery.
    FDA gave interested persons until April 13, 1994, to file 
objections or requests for a hearing. The agency received no objections 
or requests for a hearing on the final rule. Therefore, FDA finds that 
the final rule published in the Federal Register of March 14, 1994, 
should be confirmed.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 74

    Color additives, Cosmetics, Drugs.

    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (secs. 
201, 401, 402, 403, 409, 501, 502, 505, 601, 602, 701, 721 (21 U.S.C. 
321, 341, 342, 343, 348, 351, 352, 355, 361, 362, 371, 379e)) and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (21 CFR 
5.10), notice is given that no objections or requests for a hearing 
were filed in response to the March 14, 1994, final rule. Accordingly, 
the amendments promulgated thereby became effective April 14, 1994.

    Dated: May 13, 1994.
Michael R. Taylor,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 94-12290 Filed 5-19-94; 8:45 am]
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