[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 17538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8515]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 93F-0201]


Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K.; 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 3B4378) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of sodium 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-
tert-butylphenyl) phosphate as a clarifying agent in polypropylene 
articles intended for contact with food to include the use at 
temperatures up to and including retort conditions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen R. Thorsheim, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3092.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of July 29, 1993 (58 FR 40656), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4378) had been filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K. 
K., c/o Japan Technical Information Center, Inc., 1002 Pennsylvania 
Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20003. The petition proposed to amend the food 
additive regulations in Sec. 178.3295 Clarifying agents for polymers 
(21 CFR 178.3295) to provide for the safe use of sodium 2,2'-
methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphate as a clarifying agent 
in polypropylene articles
intended for contact with food to include the use at temperatures up to 
and including retort conditions. Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K. has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7)

    Dated: March 22, 1995.
Eugene C. Coleman,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-8515 Filed 4-5-95; 8:45 am]
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