[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7479]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 91G-0495]


Cerestar USA, Inc., and Roquette America, Inc.; Withdrawal of 
GRAS Affirmation 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 petition (GRASP 
1G0376) proposing that -cyclodextrin be affirmed as generally 
recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as a formulation aid in the 
production of dry flavoring mixes for preparation of cocktail-type 
alcoholic beverages.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Andrew D. Laumbach, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of February 3, 1992 (57 FR 4043), FDA announced that a 
petition (GRASP 1G0376) had been filed by the law offices of Keller and 
Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001, on 
behalf of Cerestar USA, Inc. (formerly, American Maize-Products Co.), 
1100 Indianapolis Blvd., Hammond, IN 46320-1094, and Roquette America, 
Inc. (formerly, Roquette Corp.), 1550 Northwestern Ave., Gurnee, IL 
60031-2392. The petition proposed that -cyclodextrin be 
affirmed as GRAS for use as a formulation aid in the production of dry 
flavoring mixes for the preparation of cocktail-type alcoholic 
beverages.
    Recently, the petitioners submitted another petition (GRASP 6G0421) 
that requests GRAS affirmation of -cyclodextrin for use as a 
flavor protectant in human food. The filing of this petition was 
announced in a notice that published in the Federal Register of 
September 20, 1996 (61 FR 49472). The general use in food that is 
proposed in petition GRASP 6G0421 encompasses the limited use presently 
proposed in GRASP 1G0376. Accordingly, the petitioners have requested 
the withdrawal of GRASP 1G0376. Cerestar USA, Inc., and Roquette 
America, Inc., have now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: February 27, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-7479 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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