[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9223]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0705]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals 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 8B4618) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the expanded safe use of tris(2,4-di-tert-
butylphenyl)phosphite as a stabilizer in 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 August 27, 1998 (63 FR 45820), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 8B4618) had been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., c/o Keller and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 
West, Washington, DC 20001. (The petitioner is no longer represented by 
Keller and Heckman. The address of the petitioner is 540 White Plains 
Rd., P.O. Box 2005, Tarrytown, NY 10591-9005.) The petition proposed to 
amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/
or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the 
expanded safe use of tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite as a 
stabilizer for polymers intended for use in contact with food. Ciba 
Specialty Chemicals Corp. has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: March 29, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-9223 Filed 4-13-99; 8:45 am]
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