[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4062]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 91F-0264]


Stockhausen, 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 a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 9B4149), proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of N-((3-dimethylamino)propyl)-2-
propenamide, polymer with 2-propenoic acid, sodium salt as a dispersing 
aid in paper and paper coatings intended for use in contact with 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 a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 1, 1991 (56 FR 36185), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 9B4149) had been filed on behalf of Stockhausen, 
Inc., 2401 Doyle St. (formerly 2408 Doyle St.), Greensboro, NC 27406. 
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 N-((3-
dimethylamino)propyl)-2-propenamide, polymer with 2-propenoic acid, 
sodium salt as a dispersing aid in paper and paper coatings intended 
for use in contact with food.
    Stockhausen, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice 
to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: February 8, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-4062 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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