[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10024]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 84F-0314]


Coconut Products 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 a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 4A3824) proposing that the food additives regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of polysorbate 60 as an emulsifier 
to be used in the preparation of coconut milk drink.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew D. Laumbach, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-217), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of October 9, 1984 (49 FR 39615), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 4A3824) had been filed by the Coconut Products 
Corp., 779 Kii St., Honolulu, HI 96825, proposing that Sec. 172.836 
Polysorbate 60 (21 CFR 172.836) be amended to provide for the safe use 
of polysorbate 60 as an emulsifier in the preparation of coconut milk 
drink. Coconut Products Corp. has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: April 4, 1996.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-10024 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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