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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 89F-0177]

 

Ciba-Geigy Corp.; 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 9B4147). The petition proposed that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe, increased use of 
ethylenebis(oxyethylene)-bis-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-
methylhydrocinnamate) as a stabilizer for polyoxymethylene copolymers 
and homopolymers intended for food-contact use.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of June 20, 1989 (54 FR 25905), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 9B4147) had been filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., 
Seven Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, NY 10532-2188. The petition proposed that 
Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 
178.2010) be amended to provide for the safe, increased use of 
ethylenebis(oxyethylene)-bis-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-
methylhydrocinnamate) as a stabilizer for polyoxymethylene copolymers 
and homopolymers intended for food-contact use. Ciba-Geigy Corp. has 
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: June 15, 1994.
 Fred R. Shank,
 Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-15185 Filed 6-21-94; 8:45 am]
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