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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 85F-0567]

 

Cabot 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 6B3901) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of high purity carbon black 
(furnace process) as a colorant in polymers and as an alternative 
additive where carbon black (channel process) is now permitted for use 
in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard H. White, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of February 4, 1986 
(51 FR 4435), FDA published a notice announcing that a food additive 
petition (FAP 6B3901) had been filed by Cabot Corp., Concord Rd., 
Billerica, MA 01821 (currently 75 State St., Boston, MA 02109-1806). 
The petition proposed that Sec. 178.3297 Colorants for polymers (21 CFR 
178.3297) be amended to provide for the safe use of high purity carbon 
black (furnace process) as a colorant in polymers. The petitioner also 
requested that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of high purity carbon black as an alternative additive 
where carbon black (channel process) is now permitted for use in 
contact with food. Cabot Corp. has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: November 3, 1994.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 94-28066 Filed 11-14-94; 8:45 am]
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