[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 32673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15766]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 91F-0392]


Phoenix Medical Technology, 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 of a food additive petition (FAP 1B4273) proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
2,4,4'-trichloro-2-hydroxydiphenyl ether as an antimicrobial agent in 
the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride gloves for food-contact use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Julius Smith, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of November 6, 1991 (56 FR 56656), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 1B4273) had been filed by Phoenix Medical 
Technology, Inc., P.O. Box 346, Andrews, SC 29510. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe 
use of 2,4,4'-trichloro-2-hydroxydiphenyl ether as an antimicrobial 
agent in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride gloves for food-contact 
use.
    On August 3, 1996, the Food Quality Protection Act (Pub. L. No. 
104-170), which amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the 
act), transferred from FDA the regulatory authority over the petitioned 
use of this substance as a food additive under section 409 (21 U.S.C. 
348) of the act to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 
pesticide chemical under section 408 (21 U.S.C. 346a) of the act, as 
amended.
    In response to a request by the petitioner, which was prompted by 
the change in regulatory authority over the antimicrobial substance 
that is the subject of this petition, FDA transferred the records for 
Food Additive Petition 1B4273, including all of FDA's reviews of 
information in the petition, to EPA.
     Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition.

    Dated: May 21, 1998.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-15766 Filed 6-12-98; 8:45 am]
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