[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14892]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 96F-0062]


Cytec Industries 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 6B4485), filed by Cytec Industries, Inc., proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to correct nomenclature by 
changing the two listings for sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with 
polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt (CAS Reg. No. 39354-
45-5) to polyethyleneglycol alkyl (C10-C12) ether 
sulfosuccinate, disodium salt (CAS Reg. No. 68954-91-6).

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 March 4, 1996 (61 FR 8290), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 6B4485) had been filed by Cytec Industries Inc., 
c/o Keller and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 
20001. The petition proposed that the food additive regulations in 
Secs. 175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 175.105) and 178.3400 Emulsifiers and/
or surface active agents (21 CFR 178.3400) be amended to correct 
nomenclature by changing the two listings for sulfosuccinic acid 4-
ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt (CAS Reg. 
No. 39354-45-5) to use the nomenclature polyethyleneglycol alkyl 
(C10-C12) ether sulfosuccinate, disodium salt (CAS Reg. No. 
68954-91-6). Cytec Industries Inc., has now withdrawn the petition 
without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 3, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-14892 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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