[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59446-59447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29829]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 96F-0139]


Bio-Cide International, 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 future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 6A4499) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite 
solutions in processing

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water and ice which directly contact seafood such as finfish, 
shellfish, and crustaceans for the control of naturally occurring 
spoilage microorganisms to increase shelf life and to enhance seafood 
product freshness.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Robert L. Martin, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-217), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3074.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 9, 1996 (61 FR 21193), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 6A4499) had been filed by Bio-Cide 
International, Inc., 2845 Broce Dr., Norman, OK 73072. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in part 173 Secondary 
Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption (21 CFR 
part 173) to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite 
solutions in processing water and ice which directly contact seafood 
such as finfish, shellfish, and crustaceans for the control of 
naturally occurring spoilage microorganisms to increase shelf life and 
to enhance seafood product freshness. Bio-Cide International, Inc., has 
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: November 6, 1996.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 96-29829 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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