[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8066-8067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4715]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 88F-0208]


Ciba-Geigy Corp.; 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 8B4079), filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
N,N'-(2-chloro-1,4-phenylene)bis[4-[(2,5-dichlorophenyl)azo]-3-hydroxy-
2-naphthalenecarboxamide] as a colorant for food-contact polymers.

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 July 20, 1988 (53 FR 27399), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 8B4079) had been filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., 
Three Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, NY 10532 (currently, c/o 

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1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001. 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 
N,N'-(2-chloro-1,4-phenylene)bis[4-[(2,5-dichlorophenyl)azo]-3-hydroxy-
2-naphthalenecarboxamide] as a colorant for food-contact polymers. 
Ciba-Geigy Corp. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: February 9, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-4715 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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