[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35228-35229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17104]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 94F-0393]


Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K.; 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 4B4434), filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K., proposing that 
the food additive regulations be amended to provide the expanded safe 
use of phosphorous acid, cyclic neopentanetetrayl bis(2,6-di-tert-
butyl-4-methylphenyl)ester as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer at a 
level not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight in olefin copolymers in 
contact with certain food categories, and at levels not to exceed 0.10 
percent by weight in either olefin copolymers or polypropylene in 
contact with certain other food categories.

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 23, 1994 (59 FR 60363), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 4B4434) had been filed by Asahi Denka Kogyo K. 
K., 2, Sirahata 5-Chome, Urawa City, Saitama 366, Japan. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010

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Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to 
provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic 
neopentanetetrayl bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl)ester for use 
(i) at levels not to exceed 0.25 percent by weight of olefin polymers 
complying with Sec. 177.1520 (21 CFR 177.1520) in contact with foods of 
types I, II, III, IV-B, VI-B, and VIII, as described in Table 1, and 
under conditions of use B through H described in Table 2 of 
Sec. 176.170(c) (21 CFR 176.170(c)) of this chapter, and with foods of 
types IV-A, V, VI-A, VI-C, VII-A, and IX, under conditions of use C 
through G, as described in Sec. 176.170(c) of this chapter, Tables 1 
and 2 respectively; and (ii) at levels not to exceed 0.10 percent by 
weight of either olefin polymers or polypropylene complying with 
Sec. 177.1520 which may be used only in contact with foods of types IV-
A, V, VI-C, VII-A, and IX, under conditions of use H, as described in 
Sec. 176.170(c) of this chapter, Tables 1 and 2 respectively. Asahi 
Denka Kogyo K. K. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 12, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-17104 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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