[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12206]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 91F-0424]


Witco 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 1B4282) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of imidazolium compounds, 2-
(C17 and C17 unsaturated alkyl)-1-[2-(C18 and C18 
unsaturated amido)ethyl]-4,5-dihydro-1-methyl, methyl sulfates as a 
debonding agent in paper products intended to contact 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 November 29, 1991 (56 FR 61022), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (1B4282) had been filed on behalf of Sherex Chemical 
Co., Inc., P.O. Box 6464, Dublin, OH 43017 (currently Witco Corp., 
Frantz Rd., P.O. Box 646, Dublin, OH 43017). The petition proposed to 
amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 
imidazolium compounds, 2-(C17 and C17unsaturated alkyl)-1-[2-
(C18 and C18 unsaturated amido)ethyl]-4,5-dihydro-1-methyl, 
methyl sulfates as a wet strength agent in paper products intended to 
contact food. Subsequently, upon a request from the petitioner, FDA 
published an amended notice in the Federal Register of April 15, 1992 
(57 FR 13104), stating that the additive is intended for use as a 
debonding agent rather than as a wet strength agent as indicated in the 
previous filing notice. Witco Corp. has now withdrawn the petition 
without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: April 30, 1996.
 Alan M. Rulis,
 Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-12206 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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