[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31215]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 97F-0035]


Ashland Chemical Co.; 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 6A4490) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of polypropylene glycol with a 
molecular weight of 1,200 to 3,000 as a defoaming agent in water for 
sliced potatoes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vivian M. Gilliam, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3167.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of February 3, 1997 (62 FR 5011), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 6A4490) had been filed by Ashland Chemical Co., 
One Drew Plaza, Boonton, NJ 07005. The petition proposed to amend the 
food additive regulations in Sec. 173.340 Defoaming agents (21 CFR 
173.340) to provide for the safe use of polypropylene glycol with a 
molecular weight of 1,200 to 3,000 as a component of defoaming agents 
in wash water for sliced potatoes. Ashland Chemical Co. has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: November 10, 1997.
 Laura M. Tarantino,
 Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval.
[FR Doc. 97-31215 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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