[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 22615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10445]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-0635]


General Electric Co.; 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 0B4615) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, 
cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, which 
may contain up to 1 percent by weight of triisopropanolamine, as an 
antioxidant and/or stabilizer for polypropylene 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 5, 1998 (63 FR 41855), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 8B4615) had been filed by General Electric Co., 
One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon IN 47620-9364. 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 phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 
2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, which may contain up to 1 percent by 
weight of triisopropanolamine, as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for 
polypropylene complying with Sec. 177.1520(c), items 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3, 
intended for use in contact with food. General Electric Co. has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: April 15, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-10445 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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