[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20522]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 91F-0334]


Heveafil Sendirian Berhad; 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 1B4276), proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of natural rubber latex, sulfur, 
kaolin, butylated reaction product of p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene, 
zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate, talc, ammonium caseinate, and sodium salt 
of polymerized alkyl aryl sulfonic acid as components of latex rubber 
thread in contact with meat and poultry.

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 September 11, 1991 (56 FR 46324), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 1B4276) had been filed by Heveafil Sendirian 
Berhad, 4740-G Dwight Evans Rd., Charlotte, NC 28217 (currently, c/o 
McDermott, Will & Emery, 1850 K St. NW., Washington, DC 20006-2296). 
The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations to provide 
for the safe use of natural rubber latex, sulfur, kaolin, butylated 
reaction product of p-cresol and dicyclopentadiene, zinc 
dibenzyldithiocarbamate, talc, ammonium caseinate, and sodium salt of 
polymerized alkyl aryl sulfonic acid as components of latex rubber 
thread in contact with meat and poultry. Heveafil Sendirian Berhad has 
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: July 31, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-20522 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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