[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26193-26194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12541]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 96F-0341]


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 6B4517) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of diethylene 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 Ct. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of September 30, 1996 (61 FR 51118), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 6B4517) had been filed by MacMillan Bloedel, 
Ltd., c/o Camplong & Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 238, Schomberg, Ontario 
L0G 1T0, Canada. The filing notice stated that 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 diethylene 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 diethylene 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 has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 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. 98-12541 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]
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