[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20139]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 91F-0328]


Yoshitomi Fine Chemicals, Ltd.; Withdrawal of A 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 the food additive 
petition (FAP 1B4275) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of 4,5-dichloro-1,2-dithiol-3-one 
as a slimicide in the manufacture of paper and paperboard articles 
intended to contact food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098

.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of September 19, 1991 (56 FR 47478), FDA announced that food 
additive petition (FAP 1B4275) had been filed by Yoshitomi 
Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., now Yoshitomi Fine Chemicals, Ltd., c/
o suite 1000, 1625 K St. NW., Washington, DC 20006-1604. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.300 
Slimicides (21 CFR 176.300) to provide for the safe use of 4,5-
dichloro-1,2-dithiol-3-one as a slimicide in the manufacture of paper 
and paperboard articles intended to contact food. Yoshitomi Fine 
Chemicals, Ltd. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: July 20, 1999.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Deputy Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-20139 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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