[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26413]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 95F-0040]


Chemie Research and Manufacturing Co., 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 filed by Chemie Research and Manufacturing Co., Inc., 
proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of a glycerin extract of dried grapefruit seeds and pulp 
as an antimicrobial agent in the processing of fresh or frozen poultry, 
fish, and shellfish.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie M. Davis, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of March 16, 1995 (60 FR 14286), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2A4336) had been filed by Chemie Research and 
Manufacturing Co., Inc., 160 Concord Dr., P.O. Box 181279, Casselberry, 
FL 32718-1279. The petition proposed that the food additive regulations 
be amended to provide for the safe use of a glycerin extract of dried 
grapefruit seeds and pulp as an antimicrobial agent in the processing 
of fresh or frozen poultry, fish, and shellfish.
    By letter dated May 10, 1995, the agency notified the petitioner 
that consideration of the petitioned use for the glycerin extract of 
dried grapefruit seed and pulp would require the submission and 
evaluation of specific additional data. By letter of June 1, 1995, the 
petitioner provided a partial response to the agency's request for 
information and stated an intent to provide a complete response within 
180 days. However, no further information was submitted within the 180-
day time period.
    By letter of July 24, 1996, FDA again requested that the necessary 
data be submitted within 30 days and stated that a failure to respond 
would be considered to be an agreement by the petitioner to withdraw 
the petition. Because FDA has received no response from the petitioner, 
and the required information has not been submitted, the petition is 
now withdrawn without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7(b)). 
Future consideration of the use of a glycerin extract of dried 
grapefruit seeds and pulp as an antimicrobial agent in the processing 
of fresh or frozen poultry, fish, and shellfish will require submission 
of a new food additive petition.

    Dated: September 22, 1997.
William K. Hubbard,
Associate Commissioner for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-26413 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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