[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5129]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 92F-0392]
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft; 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 2B4344) proposing that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of polyhydric alcohol esters and
calcium salts of oxidatively refined (Gersthofen process) montan wax
acids as lubricants for all polymers intended for use in contact with
food.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of January 7, 1993 (58 FR 3027), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 2B4344) had been filed by Hoechst
Aktiengesellschaft,
c/o 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001. The petition
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.3770
Polyhydric alcohol esters of oxidatively refined (Gersthofen process)
montan wax acids (21 CFR 178.3770) to provide for the safe use of
polyhydric alcohol esters and calcium salts of oxidatively refined
(Gersthofen process) montan wax acids as lubricants for all polymers
intended for use in contact with food. Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft has
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR
171.7).
Dated: February 12, 1998.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-5129 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]
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