[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11805]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 96F-0348]


MacMillan Bloedel, Ltd.; 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 6B4520) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of ethylene glycol as a component 
of a pulp bleaching medium used in the manufacture of paper and 
paperboard intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of October 7, 1996 (61 FR 52454), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 6B4520) had been filed by MacMillan Bloedel, 
Ltd., c/o Camplong & Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 238, Schomberg, ON L0G 
1T0, Canada. The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in 
contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for 
the safe use of ethylene glycol as a pulp bleaching agent for paper and 
paperboard intended for use in contact with food. Upon further review, 
FDA has determined that the petition proposed the use of ethylene 
glycol as a component of a pulp bleaching medium used in the 
manufacture of food-contact paper and paperboard. MacMillan Bloedel, 
Ltd., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future 
filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: April 10, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-11805 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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