[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 21214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10645]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 93F-0050]


E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.; 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 future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 3B4360) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate 
copolymer, produced by the copolymerization of perfluoroalkylethyl 
acrylate, octadecyl methacrylate, vinylidene chloride, 2-hydroxyethyl 
methacrylate and polyoxyethylene methacrylate, as an oil and water 
repellant in paper and paperboard intended for food-contact use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of March 12, 1993 (58 FR 13603), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4360) had been filed by E. I. Du Pont de 
Nemours and Co., Du Pont Chemicals, Jackson Laboratory, Chamber Works, 
Deepwater, NJ 08023. The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in 
contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for 
the safe use of perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate copolymer, produced by the 
copolymerization of perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate, octadecyl 
methacrylate, vinylidene chloride, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and 
polyoxyethylene methacrylate, as an oil and water repellant in paper 
and paperboard intended for food-contact use. Du Pont has now withdrawn 
the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: April 11, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-10645 Filed 4-28-95; 8:45 am]
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