[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: 95-8516]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94F-0121]


BASF 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 3B4384) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of hydroxypropyl acrylate and 
butanediol diacrylate as monomers in the production of acrylic polymers 
intended for use in food packaging adhesives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane E. Robertson, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of April 25, 1994 (59 FR 19730), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4384) had been filed by BASF Corp., 9401 Arrow 
Point Blvd., suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28273. The petition proposed to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 
175.105) to provide for the safe use of hydroxypropyl acrylate and 
butanediol diacrylate as monomers in the production of acrylic polymers 
intended for use in food packaging adhesives. BASF Corp. 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withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 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. 95-8516 Filed 4-5-95; 8:45 am]
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