[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: 95-17097]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 93F-0244]


National Starch and Chemical 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 a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 3B4385) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of starch, modified by treatment 
with diethylaminoethylchloride, hydrochloride salt and 2-chloro-N-(2,2-
dimethoxyethyl)-N-methylacetamide as an internal sizing for paper and 
paperboard intended to contact food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell A. Cheeseman, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-217), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3083.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 12, 1993 (58 FR 42977), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4385) had been filed by National Starch and 
Chemical Co., Finderne Ave., Bridgewater, NJ 08807. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.3520 
Industrial starch-modified (21 CFR 178.3520) to provide for the safe 
use of starch, modified by treatment with diethylaminoethylchloride, 
hydrochloride salt (CAS Reg. No. 869-24-9) and 2-chloro-N-(2,2-
dimethoxyethyl)-N-methylacetamide (CAS Reg. No. 69184-36-7) as an 
internal sizing for paper and paperboard intended to contact food. 
National Starch and Chemical Co. has now withdrawn the petition without 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. 95-17097 Filed 7-11-95; 8:45 am]
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