[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9168]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 95F-0122]


Hempel Coatings (USA), 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 5B4457), proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of meta-xylylenediamine and 3-
diethylaminopropylamine as components of articles intended for food-
contact use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julius Smith, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of June 22, 1995 (60 FR 32526), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 5B4457) had been filed by Hempel Coatings (USA), 
Inc., 6901 Cavalcade St., Houston, TX 77028. The petition proposed to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 175.300 Resinous and 
polymeric coatings (21 CFR 175.300) to provide for the safe use of 
meta-xylylenediamine and 3-diethylaminopropylamine as components of 
articles intended for food-contact use. Hempel Coatings (USA), Inc., 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: March 26, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-9168 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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