[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26502]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0395]


Ecological Chemical Products 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 4B4432), filed by Ecological Chemical Products Co., 
proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid homopolymer and (2-hydroxy-
propanoic acid/caprolactone) block copolymer as components of adhesives 
intended to contact food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216),Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. 
SW., Washington, DC 20204,202-418-3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of November 23, 1994 
(59 FR 60364), FDA published a notice that it had filed a petition (FAP 
4B4432) on behalf of Ecological Chemical Products Co., 305 Water St., 
Newport, DE 19804. 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 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid homopolymer and (2-hydroxy-
propanoic acid/caprolactone) block copolymer as a component of 
adhesives intended to contact food. Ecological Chemical Products Co. 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: October 10, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-26502 Filed 10-24-95; 8:45 am]
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