[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17091]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 89F-0111]


Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.; 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 9B4140) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of alkyl (C14-C30) 
benzene as a component of adhesives for articles intended to contact 
food.

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 May 2, 1989 (54 FR 18700), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 9B4140) had been filed by Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., 
1669 Corporate Rd. West, Lakewood, NJ 08071. 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 alkyl (C14-C30) 
benzene as a component of adhesives for articles intended to contact 
food. Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 23, 1995.
 Alan M. Rulis,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-17091 Filed 7-11-95; 8:45 am]
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