[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15313]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97G-0219]


Beatrice Foods, 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 
5G0047) proposing that the use of magnesium caseinate for use as an 
ingredient for making cheese alternate products which can be blended 
with natural cheese or used alone as a total substitute for cheese be 
affirmed as generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Rudolph Harris, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206),Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of February 4, 1975 (40 FR 5180), FDA announced that a 
petition (GRASP 5G0047) had been filed by Beatrice Foods Co., Inc., 
1526 South State St., Chicago, IL 60605. This petition proposed that 
the use of magnesium caseinate for use as an ingredient for making 
cheese alternate products which can be blended with natural cheese or 
used alone as a total substitute for cheese is GRAS.
    Beatrice Foods Co., Inc., of Chicago, the submitter of the original 
GRAS affirmation petition no longer exists. Beatrice Cheese Inc., 770 
North Springdale Rd., Waukesha, WI, 53180, which was formerly part of 
Beatrice Foods Co., Inc., indicated that the proposed use had been 
abandoned and acknowledged that the agency should close the petition 
file and withdraw the petition. Therefore, the agency is announcing 
that it considers this petition to be withdrawn, without prejudice to a 
future filing, in accordance with 21 CFR 171.7.

    Dated: May 12, 1997.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 97-15313 Filed 6-10-97; 8:45 am]
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