[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 131 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17234]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 93F-0402]


Lonza, 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 4B4405) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of decylisononyldimethyl ammonium 
chloride as a slimicide in the manufacture of paper and paperboard 
intended to contact food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mitchell A. Cheeseman, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-217), Food and Drug Administration, -
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3083.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of November 17, 1993 (58 FR 60665), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 4B4405) had been filed by Lonza, Inc., c/o Delta 
Analytical Corp., 7910 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814 (currently c/o 
Lewis & Harrison, 122 C St. NW., suite 740, Washington, DC 20001). The 
petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations to provide for 
the safe use of decylisononyldimethyl ammonium chloride as a slimicide 
in the manufacture of paper and paperboard intended to contact food. 
Lonza, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 25, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-17234 Filed 7-5-96; 8:45 am]
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