[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 57893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27976]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 95F-0187]


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 5B4467) (filed by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.; 
formerly named Ciba-Geigy Corp.) proposing that the food additive 
regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of poly[[6-
[(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)amino]-s-triazine-2,4-diyl] [2,2,6,6-
tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)imino] hexamethylene [(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-
piperidyl)imino]] as a light stabilizer in polymers used as indirect 
food additives.

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 August 3, 1995 (60 FR 39753), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 5B4467) had been filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp., 
Seven Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, NY 10532. 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 safe use 
of poly[[6-[(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)amino]-s-triazine-2,4-diyl] 
[2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)imino] hexamethylene[(2,2,6,6-
tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)imino]], as a light stabilizer in polymers used 
as an indirect food additive. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: October 12, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrion.
[FR Doc. 99-27976 Filed 10-26-99; 8:45 am]
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