[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20964]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 93F-0269]


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 3B4387), proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of didecyldimethylammonium chloride 
as a preservative on wooden articles intended to contact food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-216), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 12, 1993 (58 FR 42977), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4387) had been filed on behalf of Lonza, Inc., 
c/o Delta Analytical Corp., 7910 Woodmont Ave., suite 1000, 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 in 
Sec. 178.3800 Preservatives for wood (21 CFR 178.3800) to provide for 
the safe use of didecyldimethylammonium chloride as a preservative on 
wooden articles intended to contact food. Lonza, Inc., has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: July 19, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-20964 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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