[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 17308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9672]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 94F-0431]


Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.; 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 3B4396) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of two grades of 
dimethylpolysiloxane with viscosities of 100 centistokes and 50 
centistokes, intended for use as release agents in the manufacture of 
thermoplastic elastomers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julius Smith, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 19, 1995 (60 FR 26891), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4396) had been filed by Asahi Chemical 
Industry Co., Ltd., Hibiya-Mitsui Bldg., 1-2, Yuraku-cho 1-Chome, 
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, T100, Japan. The petition proposed to amend the food 
additive regulations to provide for the safe use of two grades of 
dimethylpolysiloxane with viscosities of 100 centistokes and 50 
centistokes, intended for use as release agents in the manufacture of 
thermoplastic elastomers. Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: March 26, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-9672 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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