[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47300-47301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23837]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 92F-0397]


Great Lakes Chemical Corp.; 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 2B4343) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of an aqueous solution of 1-bromo-
3-chloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin as a sanitizing solution to be used on 
food processing equipment and utensils and on food-contact surfaces in 
public eating places.

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 December 7, 1992 (57 FR 57838), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2B4343) had been filed by Great Lakes Chemical 
Corp., P.O. Box 2200, West Lafayette, IN 47906. The petition proposed 
to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.1010 Sanitizing 
solutions (21 CFR 178.1010) to provide for the safe use of an aqueous 
solution of 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin as a sanitizing 
solution to be used on food processing equipment and utensils and on 
food-contact surfaces in public eating places.
    The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) (Pub. L. 104-170), 
which was enacted on August 3, 1996, amended the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (the act) and provided the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) with the regulatory authority over the petitioned use of 
this substance. Under FQPA, the petitioned use of this

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substance is regulated as a pesticide chemical under section 408 of the 
act (21 U.S.C. 346a). Thus, post-FQPA, the petitioned use of this 
substance is no longer subject to FDA's regulatory authority as a food 
additive under section 409 of the act (21 U.S.C. 348).
    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 
FAP 2B4343, including all of FDA's reviews of information in the 
petition, to EPA. Great Lakes Chemical Corp. has now withdrawn the 
petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: July 15, 1998.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 98-23837 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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