[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10794]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 90F-0018]


Rohm and Haas 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 0B4189) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the expanded use of n-alkylglutarimide/acrylic 
copolymers as articles or components of articles 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 February 9, 1990 (55 FR 4690), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 0B4189) had been filed by Rohm and Haas Co., 
Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19105 (currently c/o Keller 
and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001). The 
petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 177.1060 n-Alkylglutarimide/acrylic copolymers (21 CFR 177.1060) 
to provide for the expanded use of n-alkylglutarimide/acrylic 
copolymers as articles or components of articles intended for use in 
contact with food also under the conditions of use A, B, and C 
described in Table 2 of 21 CFR 176.170(c). Rohm and Haas Co. has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: April 2, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-10794 Filed 4-29-99; 8:45 am]
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