[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3906]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0250]


Registration and Consulting Co. AG; 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 4B4424) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of 8,9,10,11-tetrachloro-12H-
phthaloperin-12-one (C.I. Solvent Red 135) as a colorant in 
polyethylene phthalate polymers intended for use as food-contact 
articles.

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 a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 5, 1994 (59 FR 40036), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (4B4424) had been filed on behalf of the Registration 
and Consulting Co. AG, c/o Bruce A. Schwemmer, Bruce EnviroExcel Group, 
Inc., 94 Buttermilk Bridge Rd., Washington, NJ 07882 (formerly, c/o 
Reynaldo A. Gustilo, 125A 18th St., suite 142, Newport Plaza, Jersey 
City, NJ 07310). The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 178.3297 Colorants for polymers (21 CFR 178.3297) 
to provide for the safe use of 8,9,10,11-tetrachloro-12H-phthaloperin-
12-one (C.I. Solvent Red 135) as a colorant in polyethylene phthalate 
polymers intended for use in food-contact articles complying with 21 
CFR 177.1630. Registration and Consulting Co. AG has now withdrawn the 
petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: February 1, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-3906 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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